Keywords: lifestyle medicine, coping, daily clinic, healthy physician
Introduction:
The World Health Organisation reports that cardiovascular diseases (CVD) rank third among all causes of death. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is largely responsible for CVD-related deaths. Among the risk factors found in approximately 90% of coronary artery disease cases, the ones that can be changed are smoking, sedentary life, overweight/obesity, hypertension (HT), hyperlipidemia (HL), and diabetes mellitus (DM). Lifestyle changes can also be used in the prevention of complications related to cerebrovascular diseases,
Due to today's conditions, it is becoming increasingly important to protect and improve the mental health of healthcare professionals.
In this context, this study aims to examine the level of a healthy lifestyle and coping with the stress of family physicians through the EYFMD Lifestyle Medicine (LSM) Special Interest Group (SIG).
Method:
The questionnaire and scales are distributed electronically in English via EYFMD LSM SIG.
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Scale-II was developed in 1987 and revised in 1996. It consists of fifty-two items and 6 subscales. These subscales include health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, moral development, interpersonal relationships, and stress management.
The ‘Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES)’ measurement tool was developed by Chesney et al. in 2006. Coping self-efficacy is a 26-item scale developed to assess participants' perceived self-efficacy in coping with challenges and threats. In this scale, which is a self-report tool, each item shows the level of coping self-efficacy.
Results:
Of 170 participants, a majority were from Turkey (52.9%) and Greece (17.5%), working primarily in the public sector (83.5%) and holding advanced degrees (MSc/PhD: 68.4%). Key findings reveal that 89.3% of respondents recommend lifestyle changes for disease prevention and treatment, though patient compliance was rated as moderate. Professionals sourced LSM information predominantly through self-directed means (internet: 43.2%) rather than formal medical training (24.8%), highlighting a gap in institutional education.
Conclusions:
Ongoing study. Will be presented at the congress.
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