Physical activity counselling among GPs: a qualitative study from Thailand.
Apichai WattanapisitSanhapan ThanameeSunton WongsiriPublished in: BMC family practice (2019)
GPs concurred that PA counselling is essential in the treatment of NCDs. Physicians' recommendations to improve the quality of PA counselling in primary care include 3 Ts: training in PA counselling, tools for prescribing PA, and teams of healthcare professionals. Implementing use of written PA prescriptions may encourage patients to increase PA. Multidisciplinary teams should be developed to support PA counselling in the clinical setting. Further studies should focus on appropriate techniques to implement PA counselling and overcome existing barriers.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- hiv testing
- smoking cessation
- physical activity
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- quality improvement
- men who have sex with men
- body mass index
- prognostic factors
- depressive symptoms
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- human immunodeficiency virus