Table 3.

Congruence Between Advice Given (Practitioner Data) and Advice Taken Up (Patient Data)

		Patients reported making changes (Yes/No)
		6 months				12 months
Practitioner advice given	Yes/No	Yes	No	Chi-squared		Yes	No	Chi-squared
Diet	Yes	12 (23.1)	40 (76.9)	0.88	Yes	14 (27.5)	37 (72.6)	0.07
	No	18 (22.0)	64 (78.1)		No	11 (14.3)	66 (85.7)
		Yes	No			Yes	No
Exercise	Yes	27 (38.0)	44 (62.0)	0.12	Yes	24 (34.8)	45 (65.2)	0.92
	No	16 (25.4)	47 (74.6)		No	20 (33.9)	39 (66.1)
		Yes	No			Yes	No
Relaxation	Yes	22 (38.6)	35 (61.4)	0.28	Yes	20 (35.7)	36 (64.3)	0.25
	No	37 (48.0)	40 (52.0)		No	33 (45.8)	39 (54.2)
		Yes	No			Yes	No
Rest	Yes	12 (26.7)	33 (73.3)	0.46	Yes	8 (18.6)	35 (81.4)	0.06
	No	29 (33.0)	59 (67.1)		No	29 (34.5)	55 (65.5)
		Yes	No			Yes	No
Work	Yes	14 (45.2)	17 (54.8)	0.002	Yes	11 (37.9)	18 (62.1)	0.003
	No	18 (17.8)	83 (82.2)		No	13 (13.4)	84 (86.6)