- Title
- Physical activity recommendations from general practitioners in Australia. Results from a national survey
- Creator
- Short, Camille E.; Hayman, Mel; Rebar, Amanda L.; Gunn, Kate M.; De Cocker, Katrien; Duncan, Mitch J.; Turnbull, Deborah; Dollman, James; van Uffelen, Jannique G. Z.; Vandelanotte, Corneel
- Relation
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health Vol. 40, Issue 1, p. 83-90
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12455
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Objective: To identify subgroups of Australian adults likely to receive physical activity advice from their general practitioner and to evaluate the content of the advice provided. Methods: Participants (n=1,799), recruited from the Australian Health and Social Science panel, completed an online survey. Signal Detection Analysis was used to identify subgroups that were more/less likely to have received physical activity recommendations. Results: Overall, 18% of participants received a physical activity recommendation from their general practitioner in the past 12 months and eight unique subgroups were identified. The subgroup with the highest proportion (54%) of participants reporting that they received a physical activity recommendation was those with poor physical and mental health-related quality of life and an average daily sitting time of <11 hours. Other subgroups with high proportions of individuals receiving recommendations were characterised by higher weight and/or the presence of co-morbidities. The most commonly prescribed physical activity type was aerobic activity. Few participants received specific physical activity advice. Conclusions: General practitioners are incorporating physical activity promotion into their practice, but primarily as a disease management tool and with limited specificity. Implications: Strategies to assist Australian general practitioners to effectively promote physical activity are needed.
- Subject
- physical activity; intervention; general practitioners
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1319754
- Identifier
- uon:23956
- Identifier
- ISSN:1753-6405
- Language
- eng
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