Patel Asmita, Kolt Gregory S, Schofield Grant M, Keogh Justin W
Human Potential Centre, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, PB 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
J Prim Health Care. 2014 Jun 1;6(2):152-6.
Regular pedometer use can help initiate and maintain regular walking activity that can lead to a number of health-related benefits. The primary health care setting has been found to be an ideal venue in which to counsel low-active individuals for physical activity.
To examine general practitioners' (GPs) views on the role of pedometers in health promotion.
Fifteen GPs working in urban, primary care practices in Auckland, New Zealand were individually interviewed. The interview schedule focused on physical activity counselling and the Green Prescription programme. For this sub-study, the focus was on questions relating to pedometer use. An inductive thematic approach was used to analyse the data.
Four main themes were identified. Pedometers were viewed as motivational devices that could be used to encourage low-active patients to become more active, as they provided feedback on step counts. A pedometer was also viewed as a self-management tool, whereby the individual could set daily step count goals, which in turn could help increase their physical activity engagement. GPs who currently wore a pedometer discussed the practicalities of being able to show a patient how to use a pedometer. Also discussed was how cost could restrict pedometer access for some patients.
Pedometers were viewed by GPs as being helpful devices that could help motivate and support low-active patients in becoming more active. Information regarding step counts was seen as important because it could make people aware how little physical activity they were engaging in.
经常使用计步器有助于启动并维持规律的步行活动，从而带来诸多与健康相关的益处。人们发现基层医疗环境是为缺乏运动的个体提供体育活动咨询的理想场所。
探讨全科医生（GPs）对计步器在健康促进中作用的看法。
对在新西兰奥克兰市城市基层医疗诊所工作的15名全科医生进行了单独访谈。访谈提纲聚焦于体育活动咨询和绿色处方计划。对于本子研究，重点是与计步器使用相关的问题。采用归纳主题分析法对数据进行分析。
确定了四个主要主题。计步器被视为激励工具，可用于鼓励缺乏运动的患者增加活动量，因为它能提供步数反馈。计步器还被视为一种自我管理工具，个人可以设定每日步数目标，这反过来有助于提高他们的体育活动参与度。目前佩戴计步器的全科医生讨论了向患者展示如何使用计步器的实际操作。还讨论了成本如何可能限制一些患者使用计步器。
全科医生认为计步器是有用的工具，可帮助激励和支持缺乏运动的患者增加活动量。步数信息被视为很重要，因为它能让人们意识到自己的运动量有多少。
