Haake Steve, Quirk Helen, Bullas Alice
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield.
National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research launching fellow in public health, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.
Br J Gen Pract. 2022 May 20;72(722):e634-40. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0001.
To support efforts to increase social prescribing and reduce levels of physical inactivity, parkrun UK and the Royal College of General Practitioners together developed the parkrun practice initiative to link general practices to local parkruns (free, weekly, timed, physical activity events). General practice staff are encouraged to take part in parkrun events themselves and to encourage patients to participate.
To provide insights for primary care clinicians about parkrun participants (parkrunners), especially those with characteristics of patients who might be signposted to physical activity.
Secondary analysis of an online survey of parkrunners in the UK.
Responders were ranked into 13 categories using mean parkrun finish time, allowing the following definitions: front runners; median runners; slower runners; runners/walkers; and walkers. Measures included demographics, health conditions, motives for first participating, and perceived impact on health and wellbeing.
The survey included 45 662 parkrunners. More than 9% of all participants and 45% of walkers were found to have at least one long-term health condition, including arthritis, obesity, depression, hypertension, chronic pain, anxiety, type 2 diabetes, and asthma. Walkers were less likely to be motivated by fitness or competition, and were more likely to be motivated by physical health. Despite these differences, perceived improvements to wellbeing were broadly similar for all parkrunners, regardless of their finishing time.
Parkrunners are a diverse population in terms of their physical health. Information provided by this study could be combined with other research on the barriers to participation and successful brief interventions to help address the key issues of primary care clinicians' knowledge and confidence about social prescribing to increase patients' physical activity levels.
为支持增加社会处方开具并降低身体活动不足水平的工作，英国公园跑组织与皇家全科医师学院共同发起了公园跑实践倡议，将全科诊所与当地的公园跑活动（免费、每周一次、有计时的体育活动）联系起来。鼓励全科诊所工作人员自己参加公园跑活动，并鼓励患者参与。
为基层医疗临床医生提供有关公园跑参与者（即跑者）的见解，尤其是那些具有可能被引导参加体育活动的患者特征的跑者。
对英国跑者在线调查进行二次分析。
根据公园跑平均完赛时间将受访者分为13类，从而得出以下定义：领跑者；中位数跑者；较慢跑者；跑/走结合者；步行者。测量指标包括人口统计学特征、健康状况、首次参与的动机以及对健康和幸福感的感知影响。
该调查涵盖了45662名跑者。发现所有参与者中超过9%以及45%的步行者至少患有一种长期健康状况，包括关节炎、肥胖症、抑郁症、高血压、慢性疼痛、焦虑症、2型糖尿病和哮喘。步行者受健身或竞争激励的可能性较小，而受身体健康激励的可能性较大。尽管存在这些差异，但所有公园跑者，无论其完赛时间如何，对幸福感的感知改善大致相似。
就身体健康状况而言，公园跑参与者群体具有多样性。本研究提供的信息可与其他关于参与障碍和成功简短干预措施的研究相结合，以帮助解决基层医疗临床医生在社会处方方面的知识和信心这一关键问题，从而提高患者的身体活动水平。
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