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Published on: March 7, 2019
Factors associated with patients self-reported adherence to prescribed physical activity in routine primary health
Matti E Leijon1, Preben Bendtsen, Agneta Ståhle
1Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Malmö, Sweden. matti.leijon@med.lu.se
Background:
Written prescriptions of physical activity have increased in popularity. Such schemes have mostly been evaluated in terms of efficacy in clinical trials. This study reports on a physical activity prescription referral scheme implemented in routine primary health care (PHC) in Sweden. The aim of this study was to evaluate patients' self-reported adherence to physical activity prescriptions at 3 and 12 months and to analyse different characteristics associated with adherence to these prescriptions.
Methods:
Prospective prescription data were obtained for the general population in 37 of 42 PHC centres in Ostergötland County, during 2004. The study population consisted of 3300.
Results:
The average adherence rate to the prescribed activity was 56% at 3 months and 50% at 12 months. In the multiple logistic regression models, higher adherence was associated with higher activity level at baseline and with prescriptions including home-based activities.
Conclusions:
Prescription from ordinary PHC staff yielded adherence in half of the patients in this PAR scheme follow-up.
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