A coaching intervention improves physical activity and sedentary behaviour for non-admitted hospital patients: the Healthy4U-2 randomised controlled trial

Abstract

Introduction: Non-admitted secondary care hospital clinics are important settings to target high-risk individuals to facilitate changes in physical activity (PA). Patients are likely to accept doctors’ advice and instigate behaviour change contemplation. Surgeons can identify physically inactive patients, and refer them into coaching interventions as a pathway to promote PA behaviour change. The aim of this study was to determine if a PA coaching intervention could result in changes in PA and sedentary behaviours (SB) in physically inactive non-admitted patients referred by consulting hospital surgeons.