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1
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Once someone’s on a statin, getting them to change their lifestyles is less important.
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−2
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−5
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1
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−4
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−2
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2
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It’s better to put people on statins as healthy lifestyles don’t really reduce cardiovascular risk.
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−2
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−4
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0
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−4
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0
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3
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Most people have heard it all before so lifestyle advice on its own isn’t very effective.
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−1
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1
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−3
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−2
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3
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4
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Lifestyle change is too difficult and so it’s better to put people on statins.
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−4
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−4
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−4
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−3
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−1
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5
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Health trainers and health educators can relate to people from deprived backgrounds in a way that healthcare providers can’t.
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0
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−1
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−1
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2
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−2
|
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6
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Healthcare providers who smoke give smokers an easier time than those that don’t.
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1
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0
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1
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−3
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1
|
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7
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In general people don’t know how to make lifestyle changes so it’s better if healthcare providers tell them what to do.
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−2
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- 3
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2
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4
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2
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8
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Patients should be given the opportunity to lower their cholesterol/BP by lifestyle change before being put on medication.
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1
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5
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4
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2
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0
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9
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Listening to people’s problems and helping them to resolve their problems, is a worthwhile part of lifestyle change support.
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4
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3
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1
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3
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1
|
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10
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When a practice can offer an in-house weight management clinic, there’s little point referring patients elsewhere.
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1
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0
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−1
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0
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−4
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11
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It’s unfair that people from more deprived areas are given more resources to help them change their lifestyles.
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−3
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−2
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0
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−1
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−1
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12
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Suggesting ways to overcome barriers to lifestyle change is more productive than working with patients to get them to identify their own solutions.
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0
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−1
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3
|
0
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1
|
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13
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Patients don’t tend to listen to what healthcare providers say about lifestyle change.
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0
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−3
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0
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−2
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1
|
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14
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The GP/nurse can only do so much because takeaways and supermarkets have a much bigger influence on peoples eating habits.
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2
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1
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1
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−2
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3
|
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15
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For people who don’t want to change their lifestyle, it’s better to say ‘my door is always open’ than spend ages discussing their problems.
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3
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3
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0
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0
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2
|
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16
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People should take personal responsibility and sort their own lifestyles out instead of expecting others to do it for them.
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1
|
2
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−2
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−2
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−3
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17
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Barriers to lifestyle change are mainly just excuses.
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0
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0
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3
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−1
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−3
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18
|
It costs too much to eat a healthy diet.
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−1
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−2
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−1
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0
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−1
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19
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It’s up to the patient to tell me if there are any specific reasons why they can’t try to change their lifestyles.
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1
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−1
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−2
|
1
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−4
|
|
20
|
Identifying and working through peoples’ personal barriers to lifestyle change can make a difference to whether or not they actually try to change.
|
5
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4
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−1
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2
|
1
|
|
21
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People who don’t know about healthy lifestyles probably aren’t interested anyway.
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−3
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−2
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−4
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0
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0
|
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22
|
Checking on peoples’ emotional status should be a routine part of a cardiovascular health check.
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3
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−1
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
|
23
|
There’s no point discussing lifestyle change with people who are stressed or depressed.
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−1
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0
|
−3
|
−1
|
0
|
|
24
|
Patients are more likely to take notice of lifestyle advice if the healthcare provider sets a good example themselves.
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
−1
|
|
25
|
People are too busy to cook healthy meals or exercise.
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0
|
0
|
−2
|
3
|
2
|
|
26
|
Getting a partner on side is an important part of supporting people to change their lifestyle.
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
27
|
It’s pointless living a healthy lifestyle because we are all going to die of something anyway.
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−4
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2
|
−3
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−1
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−1
|
|
28
|
If patients don’t understand what they’ve been told about lifestyle change and cardiovascular risk they will ask the healthcare professional to explain it.
|
−1
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0
|
−1
|
1
|
4
|
|
29
|
Educated people find it easier to change their lifestyles.
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
−3
|
0
|
|
30
|
There’s no point going over stuff if people don’t want to change.
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−1
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3
|
2
|
−5
|
−3
|
|
31
|
If you know a patient well you know how much or little information they need.
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
|
32
|
Some people are beyond help.
|
−5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
−2
|
|
33
|
Barriers to lifestyle change are hard to overcome so it’s best to stick to standard healthy lifestyle advice.
|
0
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−3
|
0
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−1
|
4
|
|
34
|
It’s better to go softly with the truth (e.g. play down the risk of cardiovascular disease) so that people aren’t put off coming back.
|
−2
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−1
|
−2
|
1
|
−5
|
|
35
|
Because very few people are successful at making lifestyle change, discussing it in any depth isn’t worth it.
|
−3
|
−2
|
−5
|
1
|
−2
|
|
36
|
Understanding the impact of social factors leads to better discussions on lifestyle change.
|
4
|
1
|
2
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4
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3
|
