Types | Selection criteria |
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Inclusion criteria | * Clients referred to community nursing services |
* Age 30–80 years | |
* Able to read and understand English at a level that enables the client to participate in a telephone-administered survey and to understand the participant information sheet. | |
Exclusion criteria | * Palliative care clients. |
* Clients receiving only one- visit or occasion of service. | |
* Clients with significant cognitive impairment (unable to complete telephone-administered survey). | |
* Clients currently receiving help in changing their lifestyle from a health professional (other than their GP) such as a dietitian or exercise physiologist. | |
* Clients currently attending a chronic disease management program such as cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes education program. | |
 | * Clients who have attended the generalist community nursing service in the previous 6 months (and therefore may have already received lifestyle intervention). |