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dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Katelyn
dc.contributor.authorBall, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorGalvao, Daniel A
dc.contributor.authorNewton, Robert U
dc.contributor.authorChambers, Suzanne K
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-04T12:40:08Z
dc.date.available2019-07-04T12:40:08Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1448-7527
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/PY18131
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/385091
dc.description.abstractPhysical activity is an important component of standard care to ensure quality of life for prostate cancer survivors. This paper describes the frequency of physical activity management (physical activity counselling or referrals) by GPs for prostate cancer survivors. A secondary aim is to explore GP characteristics that may influence physical activity recommendations, such as GP or patient age, GP gender and GP geographical location. Analysis was conducted using the longitudinal survey data from the Bettering the Care and Evaluation of Health (BEACH) study. Consultations where prostate cancer was managed, but not classified as a new problem or associated with palliative care, were included. GPs provided physical activity recommendations at 2.0% (n = 58/2882) of prostate cancer survivorship management contacts. The physical activity management provided was physical activity counselling on 39 occasions and a physical activity referral on 19 occasions. All physical activity referrals were made to physiotherapy. After controlling for potential confounding factors, results showed that younger GPs used physical activity management at four-fold the rate of older GPs, and that GPs in major cities used physical activity management at twice the rate of rural GPs. No patient characteristics influenced physical activity management. Australian GPs rarely incorporate physical activity management as part of their management of prostate cancer. Strategies are needed to increase the frequency with which GPs recommend physical activity for prostate cancer survivors
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCSIRO PUBLISHING
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom152
dc.relation.ispartofpageto156
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH
dc.relation.ispartofvolume25
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titlePhysical activity counselling and referrals by general practitioners for prostate cancer survivors in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChambers, Suzanne K.


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