Lifestyle counselling: the need for diagnostic clarity.
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.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*