Intentions of Canadian health professionals towards recommending exercise for people living with ALS.
BMC Neurol
; 19(1): 204, 2019 Aug 22.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To provide a nationwide overview of the attitudes, social pressure, perceived ability and intentions of health professionals toward exercise prescription for people living with ALS (pALS).METHODS:
An online survey of physician and non-physician health professionals (HPs) working in academic ALS clinics across Canada.RESULTS:
The response rate was 48% (84/176) with 30% of respondents identifying as physicians, 63% as other HPs and the remainder as administrative or research personnel. Respondents were sharply divided in their intentions to provide exercise counsel 24% unlikely and 45% likely. Respondents with low intentions were HPs that considered this activity outside their scope of practice. Measures of intention and attitude were more positive for flexibility compared to strength and aerobic exercise. Perceptions of social pressure and ability to provide exercise counsel were significantly correlated with intention across the three exercise modes in all respondents. Qualitative themes identified as barriers to exercise prescription were lack of confidence or competence (31% physicians, 32% HP), patient tolerance (30% HP), lack of evidence (22% physicians) and lack of infrastructure (22% physicians).CONCLUSIONS:
While "lack of evidence" for the benefit of exercise was a deterrent for physicians, the larger issue for all respondents was building competence and confidence in exercise prescription for pALS.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Pessoal de Saúde
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Terapia por Exercício
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Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article