Frantz J M, Ngambare R
Department of Physiotherapy, University of the Western Cape, Bellville.
Afr Health Sci. 2013 Mar;13(1):17-23. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v13i1.3.
Physical inactivity has become a global health concern and is among the 10 leading causes of death and disability. Physiotherapists are in a position to combat inactivity and effectively promote physical activity to their clients.
To establish the relationship between physical activity levels of physiotherapists and their physical activity promotion strategies.
A sequential mixed method design was used by means of a self-administered questionnaire (n=92) and a focus group discussion comprising of 10 purposively selected physiotherapists. Descriptive statistics were employed to summarize demographic information. Inferential statistics was used to test the associations between different categorical variables (p<0.05). Tape recorded interviews were transcribed. Thematic analysis was then done.
The findings revealed that 64% of the participants were physically active both within the work and recreation domains and 65% of the participants had good physical activity promoting practices. Discussing physical activity and giving out information regarding physical activity were most common methods used in promotion of physical activity. Policies on physical activity, cultural influence, and nature of work, time management as well as the environment were the barriers highlighted.
Although physiotherapists experience barriers to promoting physical activity, they have good physical activity promoting practices.
缺乏身体活动已成为全球关注的健康问题，是导致死亡和残疾的10大主要原因之一。物理治疗师有能力对抗身体活动不足的情况，并有效地向其客户推广身体活动。
确定物理治疗师的身体活动水平与其身体活动推广策略之间的关系。
采用顺序混合方法设计，通过一份自填式问卷（n = 92）和一个由10名经过有目的挑选的物理治疗师组成的焦点小组讨论。使用描述性统计来总结人口统计学信息。使用推断统计来检验不同分类变量之间的关联（p<0.05）。对录音采访进行转录，然后进行主题分析。
研究结果显示，64%的参与者在工作和娱乐领域都有身体活动，65%的参与者有良好的身体活动推广实践。讨论身体活动和提供有关身体活动的信息是推广身体活动最常用的方法。突出的障碍包括身体活动政策、文化影响、工作性质、时间管理以及环境。
尽管物理治疗师在推广身体活动方面遇到障碍，但他们有良好的身体活动推广实践。
