Table II.

Physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of their tasks in lifestyle counselling, percentages of respondents completely or partly agreeing with the statements: physicians n = 59, nurses n = 161, total n = 220.

	Physicians (%)	Nurses (%)	p-value
My task is to give information on lifestyle-related risks	98	98	n.s.
My task is to motivate and support the patient in his/her lifestyle change	98	100	n.s.
My task is to make the patient follow the given lifestyle instructions.	79	87	n.s.
I have sufficient skills for lifestyle counselling.	55	58	n.s.
I feel uneasy intervening in an obese patient's overweight	17	32	p = 0.031
I feel uneasy intervening in a smoker's smoking	5	17	p = 0.026
I have been able to help many of my patients to change their lifestyle to a healthier one	68	64	n.s.
Our current working schedule is too hectic to allow us to tackle the patient's life situation.	61	50	n.s.