Achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are important aspects of a @entity65 prevention program. Few data have evaluated barriers to lifestyle change by gender. We studied self-reported barriers to lifestyle change and evaluated support systems to make positive changes in 293 @entity1 (186 @entity1 , 107 @entity1 ) enrolled in a multidisciplinary preventive cardiology clinic. Subjects were asked to rate barriers and support systems on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being very important and 5 not important. @entity1 ranked self-esteem as the most important barrier and rated it significantly higher than did @entity1 (p = 0.0003). @entity1 also rated money, knowledge, skills, and stress significantly higher than did @entity1 (p < 0.05). Physicians were rated as the most important source of support for both genders. @entity1 , compared with @entity1 , rated dietitians, exercise physiologists, nurses, counselors, family members, and social/religious groups as more important sources of support. These data suggest that gender differences exist in barriers to lifestyle change. Psychosocial factors should be considered important elements of programs designed to help @entity1 make positive lifestyle changes.

Gender differences in barriers to lifestyle change for XXXX prevention.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'Women', 'men'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular disease']
@entity65 :: (MESH:D002318,Disease) :: ['cardiovascular disease']
