Loprinzi Paul D, Beets Michael W
Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management, Center for Health Behavior Research, School of Applied Sciences, The University of Mississippi, United States.
Division of Health Aspects of Physical Activity and Public Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, United States.
Prev Med. 2014 Dec;69:75-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.09.002. Epub 2014 Sep 16.
Health care professionals play an integral role in promoting health-enhancing behaviors, such as physical activity. However, the extent to which health care professionals promote physical activity to inactive adults is relatively unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which inactive adults are encouraged by health care professionals to increase their physical activity levels.
A national sample (NHANES 2011-2012) of U.S. adults (n=4315; ≥20yrs) completed a questionnaire assessing their physical activity levels (work, transportation, and recreation) and the degree to which healthcare professionals encouraged them to exercise in the past year.
In 2012, only 36.3% of adult Americans who had received healthcare in the past 12months had been told by a health care professional to increase their exercise. Among adults reporting no exercise engagement, only 44.9% of them had been told by a health care professional to increase their exercise levels. A low prevalence of exercise promotion was also observed for other various parameters, such as weight status, number of comorbidities, and race-ethnicity.
The majority of completely sedentary U.S. adults in 2012 were not told by a health care professional to increase their exercise levels.
医疗保健专业人员在促进诸如体育活动等有益健康的行为方面发挥着不可或缺的作用。然而，医疗保健专业人员向不活跃的成年人推广体育活动的程度相对未知。因此，本研究的目的是确定医疗保健专业人员鼓励不活跃成年人提高其体育活动水平的程度。
对美国成年人（n = 4315；≥20岁）的全国样本（2011 - 2012年美国国家健康与营养检查调查）进行问卷调查，评估他们的体育活动水平（工作、交通和娱乐方面）以及在过去一年中医疗保健专业人员鼓励他们锻炼的程度。
2012年，在过去12个月接受过医疗保健服务的美国成年人中，只有36.3%的人被医疗保健专业人员告知要增加锻炼。在报告没有进行体育活动的成年人中，只有44.9%的人被医疗保健专业人员告知要提高他们的锻炼水平。在其他各种参数方面，如体重状况、合并症数量和种族，锻炼推广的患病率也较低。
2012年，大多数完全久坐不动的美国成年人没有被医疗保健专业人员告知要提高他们的锻炼水平。
