Physical activity of Estonian family doctors and their counselling for a healthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity offers major health benefits and counselling for it should be integrated into the medical consultation. Based on the literature, the personal health behaviour of the physician (including physical activity) is associated with his/her approach to counselling patients. Our hypothesis is that family doctors (FD) in Estonia are physically active and their recommendation to counsel patients with chronic diseases to use physical activity is high. The study was also interested in how FDs value physical activity among other important determinants of a healthy lifestyle, e.g. nutrition, non-consumption of alcohol, and non-smoking.

Methods

Physicians on the electronic list were contacted by e-mail and sent a questionnaire. The first part assessed physical a

SUBMITTER: Suija K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2909965 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature