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UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study
Despite strategies to enable Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to give physical activity (PA) advice to patients, this appears to be rarely done in consultations. The aims of the present study were to gain an understanding of doctors’ awareness of current PA guidelines and to explore their opinions o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912030 |
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author | Vishnubala, Dane Iqbal, Adil Marino, Katherine Whatmough, Steven Barker, Ruth Salman, David Bazira, Peter Finn, Gabrielle Pringle, Andy Nykjaer, Camilla |
author_facet | Vishnubala, Dane Iqbal, Adil Marino, Katherine Whatmough, Steven Barker, Ruth Salman, David Bazira, Peter Finn, Gabrielle Pringle, Andy Nykjaer, Camilla |
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description | Despite strategies to enable Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to give physical activity (PA) advice to patients, this appears to be rarely done in consultations. The aims of the present study were to gain an understanding of doctors’ awareness of current PA guidelines and to explore their opinions on barriers and solutions. A qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews was adopted. This study included 15 doctors currently working in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). A thematic analysis approach was used to analyse the transcripts. Four themes and twelve sub-themes were deciphered. Intrinsic factors limiting the delivery of PA advice included a lack of knowledge of PA guidelines and PA being an afterthought. Barriers to delivering PA guidance included a lack of PA education, time pressures, and patient engagement. Solutions included staff training, incorporating PA into undergraduate training, and encouraging staff to be physically active. Methods to optimise PA guidance included individualised PA advice, local exercise services and schemes, utilising online and visual resources, and motivational interviewing. This study provides an updated insight into doctors’ opinions on barriers and solutions to discussing PA with patients. It is clear that further work is needed to ensure greater awareness of PA guidelines amongst clinicians. |
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spelling | pubmed-95660072022-10-15 UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study Vishnubala, Dane Iqbal, Adil Marino, Katherine Whatmough, Steven Barker, Ruth Salman, David Bazira, Peter Finn, Gabrielle Pringle, Andy Nykjaer, Camilla Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Despite strategies to enable Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to give physical activity (PA) advice to patients, this appears to be rarely done in consultations. The aims of the present study were to gain an understanding of doctors’ awareness of current PA guidelines and to explore their opinions on barriers and solutions. A qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews was adopted. This study included 15 doctors currently working in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). A thematic analysis approach was used to analyse the transcripts. Four themes and twelve sub-themes were deciphered. Intrinsic factors limiting the delivery of PA advice included a lack of knowledge of PA guidelines and PA being an afterthought. Barriers to delivering PA guidance included a lack of PA education, time pressures, and patient engagement. Solutions included staff training, incorporating PA into undergraduate training, and encouraging staff to be physically active. Methods to optimise PA guidance included individualised PA advice, local exercise services and schemes, utilising online and visual resources, and motivational interviewing. This study provides an updated insight into doctors’ opinions on barriers and solutions to discussing PA with patients. It is clear that further work is needed to ensure greater awareness of PA guidelines amongst clinicians. MDPI 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9566007/ /pubmed/36231332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912030 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vishnubala, Dane Iqbal, Adil Marino, Katherine Whatmough, Steven Barker, Ruth Salman, David Bazira, Peter Finn, Gabrielle Pringle, Andy Nykjaer, Camilla UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study |
title | UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study |
title_full | UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study |
title_fullStr | UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study |
title_full_unstemmed | UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study |
title_short | UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study |
title_sort | uk doctors delivering physical activity advice: what are the challenges and possible solutions? a qualitative study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231332 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912030 |
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