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Journal of General Internal Medicine
|May 1, 1993
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Physicians who perceive counseling as unsuccessful, doubt exercise

Area of Science:

  • Preventive Medicine
  • Health Behavior
  • Primary Care

Background:

  • Physician counseling on exercise is crucial for public health.
  • Understanding factors influencing exercise counseling is vital for improving patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the frequency of physician counseling on exercise.
  • To identify primary care internists who infrequently counsel patients on exercise.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional survey of primary care internists in Massachusetts.
  • Data collected on physician attitudes, beliefs, practices, perceived barriers, personal fitness, and demographics.
  • Logistic regression analysis used to identify predictors of infrequent counseling.

Main Results:

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  • Perceived lack of counseling success was the strongest predictor of infrequent exercise counseling (OR 22.83).
  • Other predictors included lack of conviction in exercise importance (OR 4.86), younger physician age (<=40 years, OR 3.08), and higher resting heart rate (OR 3.45).

Conclusions:

  • Physician perceived success, belief in exercise importance, age, and resting heart rate are independently associated with exercise counseling frequency.
  • These findings suggest targeted strategies to enhance physician exercise counseling efforts.