Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine1997
Factors that influence practice nurses to promote physical activity.
Trial report in British journal of sports medicine, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Health care professionals' attitudes, behaviours and barriers toward exercise promotion among patients: A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Factors influencing primary health care professionals' physical activity promotion behaviors: a systematic review.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Pooled it
- To what extent do primary care practice nurses act as case managers lifestyle counselling regarding weight management? A systematic review.BMC family practice · 2014Pooled it
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- The perceived behavior and barriers of community care professionals in encouraging functional activities of older adults: the development and validation of the MAINtAIN-C questionnaire.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- From Sedentary and Physical Inactive Behaviours to an Ultra Cycling Race: A Mixed-Method Case Report.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical activities and influencing factors among public health nurses: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Physical activity promotion by health practitioners: a distance-learning training component to improve knowledge and counseling.Primary health care research & development · 2018Article
- Sedentary Lifestyle and Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Medical Personnel in North-East Poland.BioMed research international · 2018Article
- The Evidence in Support of Physicians and Health Care Providers as Physical Activity Role Models.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2016Article
- Development of a training programme for home health care workers to promote preventive activities focused on a healthy lifestyle: an intervention mapping approach.BMC health services research · 2015Article
- Understanding the physical activity promotion behaviours of podiatrists: a qualitative study.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2013Article
- Facilitating changes in perinatal smoking. The impact of a stage-based workshop for care-providers in British Columbia.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate what factors may influence practice nurses to promote physical activity.
methodsPostal questionnaires were sent to all practice nurses in the county of Avon, UK in 1994. Specifically, the questionnaire survey explored whether patient, provider, and practice factors influenced practice nurses promotion behaviour. In addition, the stages of change model was used to measure current levels of promoting behaviour.
resultsA response rate of 80.9% was achieved. Over 80% of the sample reported currently promoting physical activity to some degree. "Promoting" nurses more frequently followed up all (new, established or targeted) patients' activity progress when compared with "restricted promoting" nurses (P < 0.05). Nurses who engaged in regular exercise were more likely to encourage physical activity as a treatment than "irregularly active" nurses (P < 0.05) for five of six clinical groups with the single exception of people with diabetes.
conclusionsThis study shows that the two stage measures (activity promotion and personal behaviour) of the health care professional are associated with important differences in patient and practice factors for physical activity promotion. Further investigations into the content and quality of delivery are required before planning strategies to develop physical activity in the general practice.
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