Factors Influencing Patient Enrollment in a Community-based Physical Activity Program After Healthcare Provider Referral: A Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objectives

Structured physical activity (PA) programs help to prevent and manage chronic diseases, yet systematic approaches to identify and enroll patients in these programs are lacking. Exercise is Medicine Greenville (EIMG) is a novel clinic-to-community model that identifies patients with chronic diseases in primary care settings and connects them to a structured, evidence-informed, community-based PA program. This study assessed influences on PA program enrollment using a mixed methods design.

Methods

Data were collected from 12 clinics over 18 months. Electronic health record data were used to quantitively compare the characteristics of referred patients who did versus did not enroll. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a subset of non-enrol

SUBMITTER: Schumacher LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656516 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature