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Connecting primary care patients to community-based physical activity: a qualitative study of health professional and patient views
- Source :
- BJGP Open, Vol 4, Iss 3 (2020), BJGP Open
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Royal College of General Practitioners, 2020.
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Abstract
- BackgroundInconclusive evidence supporting referrals from health professionals to gym-based exercise programmes has raised concern for the roll-out of such schemes, and highlights the importance of developing links between healthcare settings and community-based opportunities to improve physical activity (PA) levels.AimThis study aimed to identify methods, and explore barriers and facilitators, of connecting primary care patients with PA opportunities from the perspectives of both health professionals (HPs) and patients, using the example of jogscotland.Design & settingAn exploratory study utilising semi-structured interviews with primary care patients (n = 14) and HPs (n = 14) from one UK NHS board was conducted.MethodPatient and HP transcripts were analysed separately using thematic analysis. Potential methods of connection were identified. The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, behavioural (COM-B) model and theoretical domains framework (TDF) were employed to facilitate identification of barriers and facilitators for connecting primary care to community jogscotland groups.ResultsThree methods of connecting patients to community-based groups were identified: informal passive signposting, informal active signposting, and formal referral or prescribing. Barriers and facilitators for patient connection fell into five TDF domains for HPs and two COM-B model components for patients.ConclusionFor patients, HPs raising the topic of PA can help to justify, facilitate, and motivate action to change. The workload associated with connecting patients with community-based opportunities is central to implementation by HPs. Integrative resource solutions and social support for patients can provide a greater variety of PA options and the vital information and support for connecting with local opportunities, such as jogscotland.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
health promotion
social prescribing
Physical activity
Phase (waves)
Primary care
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
motivation
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
RA0421
Interquartile range
Left atrial
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Internal medicine
consultation
Medicine
care
030212 general & internal medicine
Primary health care
Community based
Wavefront
lcsh:R5-920
Motivation
Consultation
Health professionals
business.industry
Research
030503 health policy & services
DAS
primary health
Social prescribing
primary health care
Cardiology
Health promotion
lcsh:Medicine (General)
0305 other medical science
Family Practice
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23983795
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BJGP Open
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c9ad0e4f83d5d0689caca60b12552732