Lifestyle

The Lifestyle Summary form is accessible:

1. Either from Summary - Lifestyle - this limits the records to Occupation, Smoking, Alcohol, Exercise, Diet, Contraception, Recall.
2. Or from the navigation pane column on the Patient Record, click on the Lifestyle line with the right mouse and select Summary. Point to a prompt, click with the right mouse and select Add. This displays an -Add screen for the entry. Make the entry and click on OK. This has entries for Occupation, Smoking, Passive Smoking, Alcohol, Exercise, Diet, Contraception, Sleep Pattern, Treatment compliance, Residence, Agencies.
3. Or from the navigation pane on the Patient Record, click on the Lifestyle line with the right mouse and select Data Grid or Management Plan. Click on the row where you want to add an entry. Click on OK once the entry is complete, and either go to the next screen in sequence, or skip to another screen, or Cancel to exit. The Data Grid has entries for Occupation, Smoking, Passive Smoking, Alcohol, Exercise, Diet, Contraception, Sleep Pattern, Treatment compliance, Residence, Agencies. The Management Plan has entries for Occupation, Smoking Passive Smoking, Alcohol, Exercise, Diet, Contraception and Sleep Pattern.
4. or from the Patient Record - Consultation View screen (or press F10), on the MRO Options menu under Management - Lifestyle.

Lifestyle data entries

• Occupation - 0....00 Occupations displays. Double click in the READ Term window to reach the READ Dictionary selection screen. Click in Display by Hierarchy. Double click on the yellow folder 0... Occupations and make a selection from the READ dictionary.
• Smoking – seeSmoking
• Passive Smoking - The default READ term is 13WF4 Passive smoking risk. You can choose a Cause of passive smoking: Parental Household, Work place, or Other. The box Passive Smoker can be checked if the patient is a passive smoker. The Read codes on the picklist include:

• 13WF400 Passive smoking risk
• 137I Passive smoker
• 137U Not a passive smoker

• Alcohol – seeAlcohol.
• Exercise - The default READ term is 138.. 00 Exercise Grading, In Type of Exercise, in place of <None>, you may also choose Inactive, Moderate, Vigorous, Gentle.
• Diet - The default READ term is 13A.. 00 Diet - patient initiated. In Eating Habits, as well as <None>, the options are Good, Moderate, Poor, Not Examined. In Type of diet, you can choose from None, Vegetarian or Vegan. We suggest that you could ignore the Type of diet entries, and instead, select a suitable READ code from Read Term, see Diet for details:
• Contraception – seeContraception
• Sleep Pattern - The default READ term is R005 [D]Sleep disturbances, but you can also select from its hierarchical codes, and E274 Non-organic sleep disorders and hierarchical codes.
• Treatment Compliance - The default READ term is 8B3E Drug compliance good.You can also select from its hierarchical codes.
• Residence - 13F, 13F1-13F7, 13F9-13Fz.- ie excludes 13F8 Hospital In patient but includes 13F81.00 Long stay hospital in patient. Residence records are stored under Lifestyle but can also be entered from the Summary - Elderly Assessment form.
• Agency - The default is 13G.. 00 Domiciliary Services, but you can select from other options, such as 13G1. 00 District nurse attends, 13G6. 00 Home help. In Type ofAgency, choose from <None>, Meals on Wheels, District Nurse, Health Visitor, Social Services, Home help, Other.