Factors associated with patients self-reported adherence to prescribed physical activity in routine primary health care

BMC Family Practice

Research Article

Matti E Leijon¹  Kerstin Ekberg²  Preben Bendtsen³  Karin Festin³  Per Nilsen³  Agneta Ståhle⁴ 

[1] Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö, Sweden;Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine, Social Medicine and Public Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine, National Centre for Work and Rehabilitation, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine, Social Medicine and Public Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;Department of Neurobiology, Health Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: Physical Activity;    Primary Health Care;    Physical Activity Level;    High Adherence;    Primary Health Care Centre;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2296-11-38

 received in 2010-01-18, accepted in 2010-05-19,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWritten prescriptions of physical activity have increased in popularity. Such schemes have mostly been evaluated in terms of efficacy in clinical trials. This study reports on a physical activity prescription referral scheme implemented in routine primary health care (PHC) in Sweden. The aim of this study was to evaluate patients' self-reported adherence to physical activity prescriptions at 3 and 12 months and to analyse different characteristics associated with adherence to these prescriptions.MethodsProspective prescription data were obtained for the general population in 37 of 42 PHC centres in Östergötland County, during 2004. The study population consisted of 3300.ResultsThe average adherence rate to the prescribed activity was 56% at 3 months and 50% at 12 months. In the multiple logistic regression models, higher adherence was associated with higher activity level at baseline and with prescriptions including home-based activities.ConclusionsPrescription from ordinary PHC staff yielded adherence in half of the patients in this PAR scheme follow-up.

【 授权许可】

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© Leijon et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010