J Phys Act Health. 2021 Mar 17;18(4):357-373. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2020-0388. Print 2021 Apr 1.
Exercise referral schemes in England offer referred participants an opportunity to take part in an exercise prescription in a nonclinical environment. The aim of these schemes is to effect clinical health benefits, yet there is limited evidence of schemes' effectiveness, which could be due to the heterogeneity in design, implementation, and evaluation. Additionally, there has been no concerted effort to map program characteristics.
To understand what key delivery approaches are currently used within exercise referral schemes in England.
Across England, a total of 30 schemes with a combined total of 85,259 exercise referral scheme participants completed a Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template-guided questionnaire. The questionnaire explored program delivery, nonexercise components, and program management.
Results found that program delivery varied, though many schemes were typically 12 weeks in length, offering participants 2 exercise sessions in a fitness gym or studio per week, using a combination of exercises. Adherence was typically measured through attendance, with nonexercise components and program management varying by scheme.
This research provides a snapshot of current delivery approaches and supports the development of a large-scale mapping exercise to review further schemes across the whole of the United Kingdom in order to provide evidence of best practice and delivery approaches nationwide.
英国的运动推荐计划为被推荐者提供了在非临床环境中参与运动处方的机会。这些计划的目的是实现临床健康效益，但由于设计、实施和评估的异质性，这些计划的效果证据有限。此外，还没有协调一致的努力来规划方案的特点。
了解目前在英格兰的运动推荐计划中使用的关键交付方法。
在英格兰各地，共有 30 个计划，共有 85259 名运动推荐计划参与者完成了一份基于共识的运动报告模板指南问卷。该问卷探讨了项目交付、非运动部分和项目管理。
结果发现，项目交付方式存在差异，尽管许多计划通常为 12 周，每周为参与者提供 2 次健身馆或工作室的运动课程，使用多种运动方式相结合。通常通过出勤率来衡量依从性，非运动部分和项目管理因计划而异。
这项研究提供了当前交付方法的快照，并支持开展一项大规模的映射活动，以审查整个英国的更多计划，为全国范围内提供最佳实践和交付方法的证据。
