Oyeyemi A Y, Usman R B, Oyeyemi A L
Department of Medical Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy), College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Ann Ib Postgrad Med. 2016 Dec;14(2):74-80.
A general presumption is that any advice from physicians would likely be taken seriously by patients, and patients are more likely to see their doctors in the event of any health complaints than any other health professionals. The perceptions and practice of Nigerian physicians on their role in physical activity promotion are not well known. This study aimed to determine the knowledge of physical activity message, confidence, role perceptions, barriers and feasibility of physical activity promotion among physicians in two tertiary health institutions in North-Eastern Nigeria.
A total of 153 (84.5% response) physicians at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and Federal Medical Center Yola completed a previously developed questionnaire that elicited information on their knowledge, barrier, feasibility, role and confidence in physical activity promotion.
Physicians in this study reported fairly good knowledge (mean score=14.7±2.2/20), minimal or little barrier to physical activity promotion (mean score=24.4±3.5/30), perceived physical activity promotion as their role (mean score=12.9±1.6/15), were confident in their ability to discuss and recommend exercises for physical activity promotion (mean score=7.9±1.3/ 10) and believed promoting physical activity was feasible for them (mean score=15.0±2.5/20). The physicians had good disposition to physical activity promotion (Mean score=78.5±6.7/100), but male physicians showed better disposition than their female counterparts.
Overall these cohorts of physicians are somewhat knowledgeable on physical activity promotion and are positively disposed to promoting physical activity among their patients. These findings can be leveraged upon to optimize outcome of campaigns or interventions to change physical activity behaviour in Nigerian populace.
一般认为，患者可能会认真对待医生给出的任何建议，而且在出现任何健康问题时，患者比其他任何医疗专业人员更有可能去看医生。尼日利亚医生对其在促进身体活动方面的作用的认知和实践尚不清楚。本研究旨在确定尼日利亚东北部两家三级医疗机构的医生对身体活动信息的了解、信心、角色认知、障碍以及促进身体活动的可行性。
迈杜古里大学教学医院和约拉联邦医疗中心共有153名医生（回应率84.5%）完成了一份先前编制的问卷，该问卷收集了他们在促进身体活动方面的知识、障碍、可行性、角色和信心方面的信息。
本研究中的医生报告称有相当丰富的知识（平均得分=14.7±2.2/20），促进身体活动的障碍极小或几乎没有（平均得分=24.4±3.5/30），将促进身体活动视为自己的职责（平均得分=12.9±1.6/15），对讨论和推荐促进身体活动的锻炼有信心（平均得分=7.9±1.3/10），并认为对他们来说促进身体活动是可行的（平均得分=15.0±2.5/20）。医生们对促进身体活动有良好的倾向（平均得分=78.5±6.7/100），但男医生比女医生表现出更好的倾向。
总体而言，这些医生群体在促进身体活动方面有一定的知识，并且积极倾向于在患者中促进身体活动。这些发现可用于优化在尼日利亚民众中改变身体活动行为的运动或干预措施的效果。
