ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2013
Republished research: effectiveness of physical activity promotion based in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Healthy and unhealthy eating after a behaviour change intervention in primary care.Primary health care research & development · 2022Trial
- Telephone-Based Coaching and Prompting for Physical Activity: Short- and Long-Term Findings of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Movingcall).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Individual Versus Team-Based Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2016Trial
- Long term effects of self-determination theory and motivational interviewing in a web-based physical activity intervention: randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Trial
- Exercise-referral scheme to promote physical activity among hypertensive patients: design of a cluster randomized trial in the Primary Health Care Units of Mexico's Social Security System.BMC public health · 2014Trial
- Physical activity behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, and training needs among medical students in South Africa: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- A very brief intervention with the muscle-strengthening guidelines to improve strength in adults aged 50-75 years: a mixed methods study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- 'Forging healthy communities': a service evaluation of a 12-week community-based exercise, nutrition, behaviour change and peer-support programme.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Clinical and sociodemographic determinants of older breast cancer survivors' reports of receiving advice about exercise.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Article
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- Determinants of physical activity promotion in primary care from the patient perspective of people at risk of or living with chronic disease: a COM-B analysis.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- The Acti-Pair program helps men with prostate cancer increase physical activity with peer support: a mixed method pilot study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Screening Physical Activity in Family Practice: Validity of the Spanish Version of a Brief Physical Activity Questionnaire.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
Study question Do trials of physical activity promotion based in primary care show sustained effects on physical activity or fitness in sedentary adults, and are exercise referral interventions more effective than other interventions?Summary answer Trials of physical activity promotion based in primary care show positive effects on physical activity levels, but not on fitness, over at least 12 months; however, not enough evidence exists to indicate whether exercise referral is more effective than other primary care interventions.What is known and what this paper adds Physical activity promotion in primary care, including exercise referral, is reported to improve physical activity levels in the short term but its longer term effect was unclear. Our review found that promotion of physical activity to sedentary adults identified through primary care significantly improves self reported physical activity levels over at least 12 months; we found few trials of exercise referral interventions with 12 months’ follow-up and more trials are needed to determine their relative effectiveness.
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