ArticleBMC public health2019
Patients' experiences of physical activity on prescription with access to counsellors in routine care: a qualitative study in Sweden.
Article in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Trial
- Trial
- Experiences of children with obesity and their parents of participating in a physical activity on prescription intervention: a qualitative study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Barriers and implementation strategies for physical activity on prescription (PAP): healthcare personnel and management perspectives in Sweden-An explanatory sequential study design.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- A concept mapping approach to explore the perceived facilitating factors in shifting sedentary behavior into (more) physical activity: perspectives of healthcare professionals versus sedentary and/or inactive adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Exercise capacity after long-term physical activity on prescription provided by physiotherapists.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- Benefits and risks of walking football for healthy ageing: a narrative review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Review
- Barriers, Facilitators, and Requirements for a Telerehabilitation Aftercare Program for Patients After Occupational Injuries: Semistructured Interviews With Key Stakeholders.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- A Nature-Based Intervention for Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study Using the COM-B Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Leisure-time physical activity, desire to increase physical activity, and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Prolonged Physical Activity on Prescription in Previously Non-Complying Patients: Impact of Physical Activity Mediators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Factors associated with increased physical activity among patients prescribed physical activity in Swedish routine health care including an offer of counselor support: a 1-year follow-up.BMC public health · 2022Observational
- Identifying the factors affecting 'patient engagement' in exercise rehabilitation.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- The effects of a 5-year physical activity on prescription (PAP) intervention in patients with metabolic risk factors.PloS one · 2022Article
- Socioecological Factors Associated with an Urban Exercise Prescription Program for Under-Resourced Women: A Mixed Methods Community-Engaged Research Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Tailored physical activity on prescription with follow-ups improved motivation and physical activity levels. A qualitative study of a 5-year Swedish primary care intervention.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2020Article
- Physical Activity on Prescription in Routine Health Care: 1-Year Follow-Up of Patients with and without Counsellor Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Observational
- Physical Activity Counseling in Primary Care in Germany-An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Initiation and maintenance of lifestyle changes among participants in a healthy life centre: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPhysical activity on prescription (PAP) has been implemented in several countries, including Sweden, to support patients who might benefit from increased physical activity. This study explores the experiences of recipients of PAP in routine health care in Sweden that offers the recipients support from physical activity counsellors. The aim was to explore influences on engagement in physical activity by PAP recipients' from a long-term perspective.
methodsWe conducted individual semi-structured interviews using a topic guide with a purposively selected sample of 13 adult PAP recipients 1.5 to 2.5 years after PAP. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed through inductive and deductive content analysis. The questions were informed by Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B), which was also used as a framework to analyse the data by means of categorizing the factors (influences on the behaviour).
resultsTen factors (i.e. sub-categories) that influenced the participants' engagement in physical activity were identified. PAP recipients' capability to engage in physical activity was associated with adapting the PAP to the individual's physical capacity and taking into account the individual's previous experiences of physical activity. PAP recipients' opportunity to engage in physical activity was related to receiving a prescription, receiving professional counselling and follow-up from a physical activity counsellor, collaboration between prescriber and counsellor, having access to appropriate activities, having a balanced life situation and having support from someone who encouraged continued physical activity. PAP recipients' motivation to engage in physical activity was associated with the desire to improve his or her health condition and finding activities that encouraged continuation.
conclusionsPAP recipients' engagement in physical activity was influenced by their capability, opportunity and motivation to undertake this behaviour. Numerous extraneous factors influence capability and motivation. Physical activity counsellors were found to be important for sustained activity because they use an individual approach to counselling and flexible follow-up adapted to each individual's need of support.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.