Resumen: Objective: To assess the self-perception of nurses and general practitioners (GPs) toward Physical Activity on Prescription (PAP) in Madrid Primary Health-Care (PHC).
Design: A survey-cohort study.
Site: Nurses and GPs of Madrid PHC System.
Participants: A total of 319 GPs and 285 nurses’ responders.
Measurements: Data were analyzed under a classification tree analysis by four predictor variables: (i) Health professional (Nurses/GPs); (ii) Exercise prescription collaboration with all health professionals: physicians, nurses, psychologists, physical therapists, sports medicine physicians, sports scientists, nutritionists, and teachers (Yes/No); (iii) PA promotion collaboration with Sports Scientists (Yes/No); and (iv) The stage of change of PHC staff to PA promotion (0–4 Likert scale).
Results: Regarding the predictor variable (i), responders without PA guidelines knowledge and positive attitude to collaborate with nurses in PA promotion are more GPs of female sex (nurses n = 33 and GPs n = 175) than male sex (nurses n = 3 and GPs n = 59) (p < .001). For the predictor variable (ii) only 9.30% of PHC staff with a positive attitude to collaborate with all health professionals in PA promotion and exercise prescription. For the predictor variable (iii) was shown low collaboration with sports physicians and sports scientists under a multidisciplinary PAP approach (26.50% responders). Finally, in the predictor variable (iv) Staff maintaining PAP for at least 6 months, self-considered active, and with PAP knowledge want to collaborate with Sports scientists (Yes = 233; No = 133).
Conclusions: Nurses and GPs are conscious of health-related PA benefits despite the lack of PAP knowledge and lack of willingness to collaborate with other health personnel, exercise professionals, and community resources available. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2024.102946 Año: 2024 Publicado en: Atencion Primaria 56, 10 (2024), 102946 [18 pp.] ISSN: 0212-6567 Factor impacto JCR: 1.6 (2024) Categ. JCR: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL rank: 124 / 332 = 0.373 (2024) - Q2 - T2 Categ. JCR: PRIMARY HEALTH CARE rank: 22 / 28 = 0.786 (2024) - Q4 - T3 Factor impacto CITESCORE: 2.6 - Family Practice (Q2)