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Exercise on prescription for women aged 40-74 recruited through primary care
— two year randomised controlled trial | | Author(s) | Beverley A Lawton, Sally B Rose, C Raina Elley |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 338, no 7686, 10 January 2009 |
| Pages | pp 88-91 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Preventative medicine ; General practice ; Older women ; Longitudinal surveys ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | A programme of exercise on prescription increased physical activity and quality of life over 2 years. 1089 women aged 40-74 not undertaking 30 minutes of modest intensity physical activity on at least five days a week were recruited from 17 primary care practices in Wellington, New Zealand to a brief physical activity intervention led by a nurse. There was a 6-month follow-up and monthly telephone support over 9 months. mean age was 58.9 years; and trial retention rates were 93% and 89% at 12 and 24 months, respectively. At baseline, 10% of intervention participants and 11% of controls were achieving 150 minutes of at least moderate intensity physical activity a week. At 12 months, rates increased to 43% and 30%, and at 24 months to 39.3% and 32.8%, respectively. SF-36 physical functioning and mental health scores improved more in intervention compared with control participants, but role physical scores were significantly lower. There were no significant differences in clinical outcomes. Although more falls and injuries occurred in the intervention group, the findings support the use of exercise on prescription programmes as part of population strategies to reduce physical inactivity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090406206 A |
| Classmark | CEA: LK2: L5: BD: 3J: 7YN * |
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