Knowledge about recommendations on physical activity by Primary Care professionals

• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Lucas Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Moraes, Sheylane de Queiroz, Rech, Cassiano Ricardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/9943
• topic: Knowledge; Physical activity; Primary care; Primary Care; Physical Activity; Health Promotion; Atenção primária à saúde; Atividade física; Conhecimento; Atenção Básica; Atividade Física; Promoção de Saúde

The aim of the study was to examine the knowledge of Primary Health Care professionals of physical activity (PA) recommendations for adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Primary Care of Florianopolis, SC, in 2018. A questionnaire was used to collect data fromthe professionals about their knowledge of PA recommendations, their level of PA and professional performance, their sociodemographic information. The data was analyzed through the chi-square test and Poisson Regression. 587 professionals (85.4% women) participed, out of which 49.1% reported knowing the recommendations and 38.2% reported having a "good" knowledge of the recommendations. However, only 6.6% correctly answered the recommended volume. We conclude that there is need to create actions to spread the knowledge of the recommendations and thus optimize the promotion of PA in Primary Care.