Northeast Lakeview College, Kinesiology Department, Universal City, TX 78148, USA.
Prev Med. 2012 May;54(5):306-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.02.003. Epub 2012 Feb 11.
This exploratory cross-sectional study examined nurse practitioners' (NPs) and physician assistants' (PAs) perceptions about their physical activity counseling practices.
Participants were currently practicing NPs (n=240) and PAs (n=78) primarily in Arizona, USA during 2010. Participants completed a modified version of the Promotion of Physical Activity by Nurse Practitioners Questionnaire either online or in person during a practitioner specific conference. Mann-Whitney U tests and Chi-Square analyses examined differences between NPs and PAs.
NP respondents were older (48 vs. 40 yrs, p<0.001) and more likely to be female (94% vs. 76%; p<0.001) compared to PAs. The majority of respondents (NPs:75%; PAs:64%; p<0.07) reported routinely counseling patients about physical activity. There were no differences in perceived knowledge (p=0.10) or confidence (p=0.75) to provide physical activity counseling between NPs and PAs. Approximately half of all respondents reported receiving training to provide physical activity counseling as part of their educational preparation to become a health practitioner (p=0.18).
Study results indicate that NPs and PAs are knowledgeable, confident and currently providing some level of physical activity counseling to patients. However, the majority of respondents are interested in receiving additional training to aid in providing physical activity counseling.
本探索性横断面研究调查了护士从业者（NPs）和医师助理（PAs）对其体力活动咨询实践的看法。
参与者为 2010 年期间主要在美国亚利桑那州执业的注册护士（n=240）和医师助理（n=78）。参与者通过在线或在特定执业者会议期间填写了经改良的护士从业者体力活动促进问卷。Mann-Whitney U 检验和卡方检验分析了 NPs 和 PAs 之间的差异。
与 PAs 相比，NPs 受访者年龄更大（48 岁比 40 岁，p<0.001），更可能为女性（94%比 76%；p<0.001）。大多数受访者（NPs：75%；PAs：64%；p<0.07）报告经常就体力活动咨询患者。NPs 和 PAs 之间在提供体力活动咨询的感知知识（p=0.10）或信心（p=0.75）方面没有差异。约一半的受访者报告在接受教育准备成为健康从业者时接受过提供体力活动咨询的培训（p=0.18）。
研究结果表明，NPs 和 PAs 具有知识和信心，并且目前正在向患者提供一定程度的体力活动咨询。然而，大多数受访者有兴趣接受额外的培训以帮助提供体力活动咨询。
