Telephone-based support for physical activity: Results and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Physical activity is essential to maintain physical and mental well-being. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person physical activity opportunities were limited. This paper describes a telephone-based physical activity support strategy among racially/ethnically diverse patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adult patients at a large, Federally Qualified Health Center with an on-site exercise facility referral were eligible to transition to telephone support with personal fitness advisors during the pandemic stay-at-home orders. Baseline surveys assessed physical activity and environmental characteristics; follow-up phone calls used motivational interviewing and physical activity goal setting strategies. From March 23-July 23, 2020, 72 patients participated in 270 phone calls, or 3.8 (±2.1)

SUBMITTER: Ylitalo KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116679 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature