Abstract
Primary care providers (PCPs) can offer counseling to adults with arthritis on physical activity, which can reduce pain and improve physical function, mental health, and numerous other health outcomes. We analyzed cross-sectional 2018 DocStyles data for 1,366 PCPs who reported they always or sometimes recommend physical activity to adults with arthritis. Most PCPs sampled (88.2%) recommended walking, swimming, or cycling; 65.5% did not recommend any evidence-based, arthritis-appropriate physical activity programs recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Opportunities exist for public health awareness campaigns to educate PCPs about evidence-based physical activity programs proven to optimize health for adults with arthritis when more than counseling is needed.
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Primary care providers (PCPs) were commonly aged 50 or older (46.2%; 95% CI, 43.5%−48.8%), men (57.5%; 95% CI, 54.8%−60.1%), nonHispanic White (67.1%; 95% CI, 64.6%−69.6%), and working in a group outpatient practice (67.5%; 95% CI, 65.0%−70.0%) (Table)
Most PCPs recommended walking, swimming, or cycling (88.2%; 95% CI, 86.5%−89.9%), stretching (63.8%; 95% CI, 61.3%−66.4%), and physical therapy (60.8%; 95% CI, 58.2%−63.4%) (Figure)
Summary
All text from this work may be reprinted freely Use of these materials should be properly cited. From June through August 2018, Porter Novelli invited participants by email to complete the survey from the Sermo Global Medical Panel (www.sermo.com), SurveyHealthcareGlobus (www.surveyhealthcareglobus.com), and WebMD (www.webmd.com). Target quotas (1,000 PCPs, 250 obstetricians/gynecologists, and 250 nurse practitioners) were met by inviting highly responsive participants (defined as completing >75% of any kind of survey [ DocStyles] in which they had been invited to participate) first from among those not participating in DocStyles 2017. Analyses were not subject to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) institutional review board, we followed all Council of American Survey Research Organizations guidelines, and the data set was deidentified
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