ArticleAfrican health sciences2019
A quantitative assessment of the views of mental health professionals on exercise for people with mental illness: perspectives from a low-resource setting.
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- Long-Term Changes in Physical Activity Prescription Competences of Mental Health Professionals Following a Brief Educational Intervention.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- Exercise Prescription Practices Among Mental Health Professionals on College Campuses: Testing the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Advising activity-knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding the recommendation of physical activity in clinical psychologists.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- South African mental healthcare providers' views about exercise for people with mental illness.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2024Article
- Implementing exercise recommendations into clinical practice-new findings from mental health professionals' and patients' perspectives in a university psychiatric setting.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Physical Activity and Prevalence of Depression and Antidepressants in the Spanish Population.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Ecologies of care for serious mental illness in Uganda: A scoping review.Global social welfare : research, policy & practice · 2021Article
- Exercise prescription for people with mental illness: an evaluation of mental health professionals' knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and behaviors.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2020Article
- Resurgence of non-communicable diseases in LMICs: a cause for concern?African health sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundExercise is nowadays considered as an evidence-based treatment modality in people with mental illness. Nurses and occupational therapists working in low-resourced mental health settings are well-placed to provide exercise advice for people with mental illness.
objectivesWe examined the current exercise prescription practices employed by Ugandan health care professionals when working with people with mental illness, and identified perceived barriers to exercise prescription and exercise participation for people with mental illness.
methodsIn this study, 31 Ugandan health care professionals 20 men; 31.2 ± 7.1 years completed the Exercise in Mental Illness Questionnaire- Health Professionals Version EMIQ-HP.
resultsThe vast majority of the respondents 29/31, 94% reported they prescribed exercise at least "occasionally" to people with mental illness. Exercise-prescription parameters used were consistent with those recommended for people with mental illness. Regarding barriers to exercise participation, coping with side effects of psychotropic medication at the individual level and reducing stigma at community level should be prioritized.
conclusionA health care reform to enable collaboration with exercise professionals, such as exercise physiologists or physiotherapists, might increase exercise uptake for people with mental illness, thereby improving health outcomes for this vulnerable population.
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