title: Assessment of lifestyle in relation to health.
abstract: Habits relevant to health include physical activities, diet, smoking, drinking and drug consumption. Despite the fact that benefits of modifying lifestyle are increasingly demonstrated in clinical and general populations, assessment of lifestyle and therapeutic lifestyle changes is neglected in practice. In this review, associations between unhealthy lifestyle and health outcomes are presented. Particular emphasis will be placed on description and discussion of the standardized assessment instruments and behavioral methods that could be used in clinical practice to measure lifestyles.
authors: Laboratory of Psychosomatics and Clinimetrics, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Tomba
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008019:Life Style; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs