"If you're like most people, you've probably stretched the truth at a doctor's appointment. That could look like lying about how much you drink each week, how much you exercise, your depression symptoms or your thoughts on taking a new medication. In fact, a University of Utah study found that anywhere from 60% to 80% of adults lie to their doctors about their lifestyle habits."
""People really think that doctors judge them and are going to look at them differently and treat them differently if they know some of this information about their habits, good or bad," said Dr. Katie Freeman, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. "But we really don't care. We don't have time to judge people. We really want to know so that we can figure out what that next step looks like.""
Sixty to eighty percent of adults misrepresent lifestyle habits to clinicians, including alcohol use, exercise, mood symptoms, and medication preferences. Common motives include fear of judgment, avoidance of lectures, or reluctance to accept new prescriptions. Clinicians emphasize that knowledge of true behaviors enables appropriate next steps and tailored treatment plans. Medication nonadherence is widespread; as many as half of patients stop statins within a year, which can prompt unnecessary additional testing, dosing changes, or new prescriptions when clinicians are unaware of nonuse. Concealing health information jeopardizes accurate diagnosis and effective care.
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