TY - JOUR
T1 - Guidelines Recommending That Clinicians Advise Patients on Lifestyle Changes: A Popular but Questionable Approach to Improve Public Health
AU - Johansson, Minna
AU - Niklasson, Amanda
AU - Albarqouni, Loai
AU - Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl
AU - Guyatt, Gordon
AU - Montori, Victor M
PY - 2024/10/1
Y1 - 2024/10/1
N2 - Guidelines often recommend that clinicians advise patients on behavior change. In this commentary, the authors caution and describe ways that guideline panels may overestimate the evidence that such interventions will improve outcomes and note potential harms. The commentary also provides questions for guideline panels when they are considering recommendations on lifestyle interventions.
AB - Guidelines often recommend that clinicians advise patients on behavior change. In this commentary, the authors caution and describe ways that guideline panels may overestimate the evidence that such interventions will improve outcomes and note potential harms. The commentary also provides questions for guideline panels when they are considering recommendations on lifestyle interventions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85206408700&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7326/ANNALS-24-00283
DO - 10.7326/ANNALS-24-00283
M3 - Comment/debate/opinion
C2 - 39250805
SN - 0003-4819
VL - 177
SP - 1425
EP - 1427
JO - Annals of Internal Medicine
JF - Annals of Internal Medicine
IS - 10
ER -
