Physical activity counseling in primary care in Germany - an integrative review

  • Physical activity counseling in primary health care is regarded as a useful complementary preventive and therapeutic measure and is advocated by leading public health institutions. This integrative review summarizes the available data on physical activity counseling in primary care in Germany. A systematic literature search in various databases (peer reviewed and grey literature) was carried out for quantitative and qualitative studies on physical activity counseling and use of “Exercise on Prescription”. The 25 studies included show a very high methodological diversity and, in some cases, considerable risks of bias, with limited comparability across studies. Counseling was provided in all studies by physicians. They report frequent physical activity counseling, which is partly confirmed and partly refuted by patient data. The use of “Exercise on Prescription” is at a very low level. Information on the frequency of physical activity counseling in Germany varies depending on data source and is sometimes contradictory. Our review provides a synthesis of various perspectives on routine physical activity counseling in primary care in Germany. Future studies using standardized and validated instruments in representative samples are needed to further knowledge on counseling and to be able to establish trends in prevalence. Strengthening the topics of physical activity and health and physical activity counseling in medical curriculum is strongly recommended.

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Author:Eszter FüzékiORCiDGND, Theresa Weber, Jan David Alexander GronebergORCiDGND, Winfried BanzerGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-555067
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155625
ISSN:1660-4601
Parent Title (English):International journal of environmental research and public health
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2020/08/04
Date of first Publication:2020/08/04
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2020/09/10
Tag:exercise on prescription; health care; physical activity counseling
Volume:17
Issue:15, art. 5625
Page Number:18
First Page:1
Last Page:18
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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
HeBIS-PPN:469531703
Institutes:Erziehungswissenschaften
Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften / Sportwissenschaften
Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Erziehungswissenschaften
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0