Unique ID: LM0123
Study ID: Fava 2023
Pubmed ID: 36356919
Database Version: 5/17/2023
Title: Understanding Health Attitudes and Behavior
Author list: Fava, G. A. and Cosci, F. and Sonino, N. and Guidi, J.
Publication Year: 2023
Journal: Am J Med
Primary study aim: The aim of this review is to provide a unifying
framework for consideration of attitudes and behavior
related to the balance between health and disease.
Secondary aims (if applicable): Discuss the inter-individual variability in health appraisal and its determinants, the assessment strategies that may be used, the
potential interventions that may be offered, and conclude with the clinical implications that addressing such issues may entail.
Study Design: systematic review
What lifestyle pillars were studied? Diet/nutrition, Physical activity, Sleep, Stress/mental health, Social connection, Use of risky substances
What is the mean age of the study population? NR
What was the age range of the study population? NR
What was the mean BMI of the study population (kg/m2)? NR
What was the BMI range of the study population (kg/m2)? NR
Int: Study blindness: Other:
Int: Study randomization: Other:
Study outcome 1: Professional help seeking
Outcome group 1: feasibility of implementation/implementation outcomes
Study outcome 2: Use of health services
Outcome group 2: feasibility of implementation/implementation outcomes
Study outcome 3: Adherence to medical regimens
Outcome group 3: feasibility of implementation/implementation outcomes
Study outcome 4: Response to preventive screenings
Outcome group 4: feasibility of implementation/implementation outcomes
Study outcome 5: Engagement in health-promoting behavior
Outcome group 5: feasibility of implementation/implementation outcomes
Study outcome 6: Health care outcomes
Outcome group 6: patient well-being
Key conclusion: Medicine is ultimately
about relationships and healing and its practice requires listening carefully to, and spending time with, patients, despite the increasing economic pressures not to do so.
Assessing health attitudes may put patients in context, explain patients’ behavior that would not otherwise be understandable, and contribute to improve final outcomes.
