Table 9.
Patient, Family and Community Involvement, Shared Decision-Making: Statements That Reached Consensus.
| Number a | Statement | Mean | Outliers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Lifestyle medicine encourages patients to be active participants in their care | 8.5 | 1 |
| 81 | Lifestyle medicine encourages patients to be active participants in their care through interventions designed to promote positive patient behavior by providing coaching support as well as opportunities for knowledge attainment, and skill-building necessary for success | 7.9 | 1 |
| 83 | Effective implementation of lifestyle medicine is enhanced by partnerships with community programs that provide health education and health promotion activities | 8.1 | 1 |
| 85 | Technology can be used to support patient health, behavior change, and maintenance | 8.4 | 0 |
| 86 | Optimal outcomes in lifestyle medicine occur when the patient’s family and support system are included in the intervention plan | 7.8 | 0 |
| 87 | Effective lifestyle medicine dosing/delivery is accomplished by titrating the interventions in a patient-centric manner that leads to concomitant improvement in relevant health outcomes | 7.7 | 1 |
aNumber in the initial list of candidate statements.