Ukactive Research Institute, Ukactive, London WC1A 2SL, UK.
Faculty of Sport, Health, and Social Sciences, Solent University, Southampton SO14 0YN, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 30;18(9):4831. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094831.
In 2014, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) called for the development of a system to collate local data on exercise referral schemes (ERS). This database would be used to facilitate continued evaluation of ERS. The use of health databases can spur scientific investigation and the generation of evidence regarding healthcare practice. NICE's recommendation has not yet been met by public health bodies. Through collaboration between ukactive, ReferAll, a specialist in software solutions for exercise referral, and the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, which has its research hub at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, in Sheffield, data has been collated from multiple UK-based ERS to generate one of the largest databases of its kind. This database moves the research community towards meeting NICEs recommendation. This paper describes the formation and open sharing of The National ReferAll Database, data-cleaning processes, and its structure, including outcome measures. Collating data from 123 ERSs on 39,283 individuals, a database has been created containing both scheme and referral level characteristics in addition to outcome measures over time. The National ReferAll Database is openly available for researchers to interrogate. The National ReferAll Database represents a potentially valuable resource for the wider research community, as well as policy makers and practitioners in this area, which will facilitate a better understanding of ERS and other physical-activity-related social prescribing pathways to help inform public health policy and practice.
2014 年，英国国家卫生与临床优化研究所（NICE）呼吁开发一个系统来整理有关运动推荐计划（ERS）的本地数据。该数据库将用于促进对 ERS 的持续评估。利用健康数据库可以促进针对医疗保健实践的科学研究和证据生成。NICE 的建议尚未得到公共卫生机构的响应。通过 ukactive、ReferAll（一家专门从事运动推荐软件解决方案的公司）以及国家运动与锻炼医学中心之间的合作，该中心在谢菲尔德的高级健康研究中心设有研究中心，从多个英国 ERS 中整理了数据，生成了同类数据库中最大的数据库之一。该数据库推动了研究界朝着满足 NICE 建议的方向发展。本文描述了 The National ReferAll Database 的形成和开放共享、数据清理流程及其结构，包括结果测量指标。该数据库从 123 个 ERS 对 39283 个人进行了数据整理，除了随时间推移的结果测量指标外，还包含了计划和推荐级别特征。The National ReferAll Database 可供研究人员查询。The National ReferAll Database 是更广泛的研究界、该领域的政策制定者和从业者的潜在有价值资源，它将有助于更好地了解 ERS 和其他与身体活动相关的社会处方途径，从而为公共卫生政策和实践提供信息。
