Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7YH, UK.
Physiology, Exercise and Nutrition Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 25;19(1):203. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010203.
Exercise referral schemes are designed to support people with non-communicable diseases to increase their levels of exercise to improve health. However, uptake and attendance are low. This exploratory qualitative study aims to understand uptake and attendance from the perspectives of exercise referral instructors using semi-structured interviews. Six exercise referral instructors from one exercise referral scheme across four exercise referral sites were interviewed. Four themes emerged: (i) the role that instructors perceive they have and approaches instructors take to motivate participants to take-up, attend exercise referral and adhere to their exercise prescription; (ii) instructors' use of different techniques, which could help elicit behaviour change; (iii) instructors' perceptions of participants' views of exercise referral schemes; and (iv) barriers towards providing an exercise referral scheme. Exercise referral instructors play an important, multifaceted role in the uptake, attendance and adherence to exercise referral. On-going education and peer support for instructors may be useful. Instructors' perspectives help us to further understand how health and leisure services can design successful exercise referral schemes.
运动推荐计划旨在支持患有非传染性疾病的人群增加运动水平，以改善健康状况。然而，参与率和出勤率都很低。本探索性定性研究旨在从运动推荐指导员的角度，通过半结构化访谈了解参与率和出勤率。在四个运动推荐点的一个运动推荐计划中，采访了六名运动推荐指导员。出现了四个主题：（i）指导员认为他们所扮演的角色和指导员采取的方法来激励参与者接受、参加运动推荐计划并坚持他们的运动处方；（ii）指导员使用不同的技术，这可以帮助引发行为改变；（iii）指导员对参与者对运动推荐计划看法的看法；以及（iv）提供运动推荐计划的障碍。运动推荐指导员在参与、出勤和坚持运动推荐方面发挥着重要的、多方面的作用。对指导员进行持续的教育和同伴支持可能是有用的。指导员的观点帮助我们进一步了解卫生和休闲服务部门如何设计成功的运动推荐计划。
