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Lifestyle counselling: the need for diagnostic clarity
Author(s) -
Chalmers Karen,
Farrell Patricia
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1985.tb00824.x
Subject(s) - clarity , psychological intervention , medical diagnosis , argument (complex analysis) , nursing diagnosis , medicine , intervention (counseling) , nursing interventions classification , psychology , nursing , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry
Three approaches to changing lifestyle behaviours are hypothesized. The argument that diagnostic accuracy is essential for selection of appropriate nursing interventions is developed and illustrated with clinical examples. The diagnoses of information deficiency, information and behavioural control deficiency, and contextual awareness deficiency guide the interventions for the problem of obesity.