Personal Health Practices and Patient Counseling of German Physicians in Private Practice

Table 6

Physicians’ personal health behaviors and their related counseling habits.

Independent variables	Never/rarely %	Sometimes %	Usually/always %	Total n (%)	𝑃
Doctors’ exercise habits versus their patient exercise counseling					0.007
2 h to ≥4 h	2.4	32.1	65.5	165 (40.5%)
≤1-2 h	6.1	42.6	51.3	197 (48.4%)
Never	2.2	55.6	42.2	45 (11.1%)
Doctors’ BMI versus doctors’ counseling patients on nutrition					0.816
<18.5 kg/m^2	0.0	60.0	40.0	5 (1.3)
≥18.5 to ≤25	6.9	44.2	48.9	231 (57.8)
>25 to ≤30	8.2	47.6	44.2	147 (36.8)
>30	0.0	52.9	47.1	17 (4.3)
Doctors’ BMI versus doctors’ counseling patients on weight					0.234
<18.5 kg/m^2	0.0	100.0	0.0	5 (1.2)
≥18.5 to ≤25	4.7	46.4	48.9	233 (58.0)
>25 to ≤30	4.8	51.0	44.2	147 (36.6)
>30	5.9	64.7	29.4	17 (4.2)
Doctors’ BMI versus doctors’ counseling patients on exercise					0.590
<18.5 kg/m^2	0.0	60.0	40.0	5 (1.2)
≥18.5 to ≤25	3.4	40.3	56.2	233 (58.0)
>25 to ≤30	6.1	36.7	57.1	147 (36.6)
>30	0.0	52.9	47.1	17 (4.2)
Doctors’ fruit and vegetable consumption and counseling on nutrition					0.001
High	4.8	41.0	54.2	227 (59.6)
Low	9.7	54.5	35.7	154 (40.4)
Doctors’ fruit and vegetable consumption and counseling on weight					0.065
High	3.9	45.6	50.4	228 (59.7)
Low	5.2	56.5	38.3	154 (40.3)
Doctors’ fruit and vegetable consumption and counseling on exercise					<0.001
High	3.9	32.5	63.6	228 (59.7)
Low	4.5	51.9	43.5	154 (40.3)
Doctors’ smoking behavior and counseling on smoking					0.012
Smoker	22.4	53.7	23.9	67 (17.8)
Nonsmoker	13.6	44.0	42.4	309 (82.2)
Doctors’ alcohol consumption and counseling on alcohol					0.047
Low (median split)	18.7	47.2	34.2	193 (48.3)
High (median split)	15.0	59.4	25.6	207 (51.8)