Gaertner P H, Firor W B, Edouard L
Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
CMAJ. 1991 May 15;144(10):1253-6.
To determine whether physicians in Saskatoon encourage their patients to be physically active through their advice and lifestyle.
Mail survey.
Saskatoon.
All 451 physicians holding privileges in the three Saskatoon hospitals who were in regular contact with patients.
Physical activity was quantified by means of the methods developed in the Canada Health Survey (CHS). Additional questions evaluated physicians' attitudes toward the importance of physical activity to themselves and their patients.
A total of 210 physicians (47%) returned the questionnaire. Of the respondents 30% were in the active category as compared with the national average of 39% (p less than 0.05). This difference was accounted for mainly by the lower activity level of the male physicians aged 25 to 44 years. The difference is even more striking when the physicians were compared with people in managerial and professional occupations in the CHS, of whom 46% were active (p less than 0.001). Surprisingly, in light of these result whom 46% were active (p less than 0.001). Surprisingly, in light of these results, most of the respondents felt that physical activity was important to themselves and to their patients.
Although the physicians were less active physically than the general population they believed that exercise was important to them personally and that patients should be counselled about physical activity. Further study is needed to determine how applicable these results are to Canadian physicians in general.
确定萨斯卡通市的医生是否通过建议和生活方式鼓励患者积极进行体育锻炼。
邮寄调查。
萨斯卡通市。
在萨斯卡通市三家医院拥有特权且经常接触患者的所有451名医生。
通过加拿大健康调查（CHS）开发的方法对体育活动进行量化。其他问题评估了医生对体育活动对自身和患者重要性的态度。
共有210名医生（47%）回复了问卷。在受访者中，30%属于活跃类别，而全国平均水平为39%（p<0.05）。这种差异主要是由25至44岁男性医生较低的活动水平造成的。当将这些医生与CHS中管理和专业职业的人群进行比较时，差异更为显著，后者中有46%是活跃的（p<0.001）。令人惊讶的是，鉴于这些结果，大多数受访者认为体育活动对他们自己和患者都很重要。
尽管医生的身体活动不如普通人群活跃，但他们认为运动对他们个人很重要，并且应该为患者提供有关体育活动的咨询。需要进一步研究以确定这些结果在多大程度上适用于加拿大的一般医生。
