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Table 3 Physical Therapy Healthy Lifestyle Appraisal

From: State of the Art Physiotherapist-Led Approaches to Safe Aging in Place

Select the one statement that describes your …

Indicate how IMPORTANT it is today …(0 = not very important10 = very important)

Indicate how CONFIDENT you are today …(0 = I am not at all confident10 = I am very confident)

Healthy Eating

•I am following a healthy eating pattern.•I am thinking about or have recently started to follow a healthy eating pattern.•I have no intention of following a healthy eating pattern.

… for you to have a healthy eating pattern.

… that you can have a healthy eating pattern.

Physical Activity (Aerobic)

•I am physically active (aerobic).

•I am thinking about or have recently become physically active (aerobic).

•I have no intention of becoming physically active (aerobic).

… for you to be physically active (aerobic).

… that you can be physically active (aerobic).

Sleep

•I engage in healthy sleep behaviors.

•I am thinking about or have recently started to engage in healthy sleep behaviors.

•I have no intention of engaging in healthy sleep behavior.

… for you to engage in healthy sleep behaviors.

… that you can engage in healthy sleep behaviors.

Strengthening

•I engage in strengthening activity.

•I am thinking about or have recently become engaged in strengthening activity.

•I have no intention of engaging in strengthening activity

… for you to be engaged in strengthening activity.

… that you can be engaged in strengthening activity.

Stress Management

•I engage in behaviors to manage my stress.

•I am thinking about or have recently started to engage in behaviors to manage my stress.

•I have no intention of engaging in stress management behaviors.

… for you to engage in stress management behaviors.

… that you are able to engage in stress management behaviors.

Tobacco Use

•I do not currently use tobacco.

•I am thinking about or have recently quit using tobacco.

•I have no intention to quit using tobacco.

… for you to not use tobacco

that you can refrain from using tobacco.

  1. Abridged from Ingman et al. [38]