A 10-hours workshop improves physical activity prescription for mental illness knowledge and confidence in health care professionals: a nation-wide multicentre study from Uganda.
Davy VancampfortSamuel KimbowaPhilip B WardKeneth OnekalitHafsa LukwataJames MugishaPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2021)
Training in PA counselling improved the knowledge and confidence in PA prescription in Ugandan health care professionals. Future research should investigate whether PA uptake in people with mental illness can be improved via additional training of health care professionals.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe majority of mental health professionals never recommend physical activity to their patients in low-resourced settings and increased awareness is needed to improve rehabilitation programs.Training in prescribing physical activity using the 5A framework improves knowledge about physical activity prescription in mental health professionals at all levels of care.Training in prescribing physical activity using motivational interviewing improves confidence in physical activity prescription in rehabilitation programs.Training in prescribing physical activity reduces perceived barriers for prescribing in rehabilitation programs in low-resourced settings.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- healthcare
- mental illness
- primary care
- mental health
- body mass index
- virtual reality
- sleep quality
- emergency department
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- adverse drug
- social media
- depressive symptoms
- current status
- health information
- affordable care act
- human immunodeficiency virus