Table 9 41-item Major Life Changing Decisions Profile (MLCDP) prevalence of items ranked according to the percentage of patients who reported them

D1

I decided to change my eating habits

71.4

1

D2

I decided to change my smoking/drinking alcohol habits

58.5

2

D3

I decided not to travel or go for holidays abroad

50.9

3

E4

I decided to be more physically active

48.5

4

E2

I decided not to take part in any sports activities

46.1

5

D12

I decided not to be involved in community activities

45.7

6

D13

I decided not to socialise

42.3

7

E1

I decided not to go swimming

40

8

B8

I decided to work shorter hours

36.1

9

D11

I decided to wear different types/colour of clothes/shoes

34.7

10

B6

I decided to select a job/career suitable for my health

30.9

11

B1

I decided to change my choice of job/career

28.5

12

E3

I decided to change to different sporting activities

27.1

13

B3

I decided to completely change my job/career

26.6

14

B4

I decided to take early retirement

24.2

15

B10

I decided to remain unemployed

23.3

16

B2

I decided to give up my job/career after starting

23.3

17

C5

I decided not to have a sexual relationship

22.3

18

D6

I wanted to move abroad but decided not to

22.3

19

B5

I decided to work flexible working hours

21.9

20

D5

I decided to move my home

19

21

C1

I decided to change my plans for when to have children

14.2

22

E5

I decided to give up driving

12.8

23

B7

I decided not to take promotion

10.4

24

C3

I decided not to have any children

10

25

A3

I decided to study near home

9.5

26

D8

I wanted to move to another city but decided not to

9

27

C2

I decided not to have more children

8

28

C6

I decided not to marry or have a long term partner

8

29

B9

I decided to become self-employed

7.6

30

C7

I decided to get divorced or separate from my partner

7.1

31

D14

I wanted to wear make up but decided not to

7.1

32

A2

I decided to change my study subject

6.6

33

D9

I decided to move back to my home area

6.1

34

D10

I decided to move to another part of the country

6.1

35

D4

I decided not to buy my own home

6.1

36

A1

I decided to leave school education early

5.7

37

A4

I decided to leave college/university education early

5.7

38

C4

I decided to seek fertility treatment

4.2

39

D7

I decided to move from one country to another

2.8

40

D15

I decided to wear a wig/toupee

0.4

41