Patients' experiences with lifestyle counselling in general practice: A qualitative study

Figures & data

Table I. Overview of the patients and their GP.

Patient	Characteristics	GP
1	Male in his 30s, overweight, hypercholesterolemia	Experienced, male
2	Female in her 20s, overweight	Experienced, female
3	Male in his 40s, overweight, hypertension	Inexperienced male substitute for regular GP
4	Male in his 50s, overweight, hypertension	Experienced, male
5	Male in his 40s, overweight, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes	Inexperienced, male, substitute for regular GP
6	Female in her 30s, overweight, smoker	Experienced, male
7	Male in his 60s, overweight, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes	Experienced, male
8	Male in his 50s, abdominal fat, cerebral apoplexia	Experienced, male
9	Female in her 50s, overweight, hypercholesterolemia, fibromyalgia	Experienced, male
10	Male in his 50's, overweight, hypercholesterolemia, lumbago	Experienced, male
11	Female teenage, overweight	Experienced, female
12	Female in her 30s, overweight, fibromyalgia	Experienced, female

Table II. Interview guide.

1. How did you perceive it when your GP performed lifestyle counselling in the present consultation?

2. What does it mean to you that the counselling is performed by your GP?

3. When you are going to change lifestyle, what do you need from your GP in the follow-up consultations?