Systematic Review of Physical Activity Counseling Interventions in Primary Care

A systematic review of eight studies published in the last decade, conducted in three countries. The review, authored by Vítor Häfele, examined interventions with health professionals in primary care to increase physical activity counseling. Half of the included studies reported a positive effect on counseling, while the other half showed no difference.

Use Cases

• Meta-analysis of intervention effectiveness based on the reported outcomes of eight studies.
• Identifying research gaps in physical activity counseling based on the review's conclusion that few interventions exist.
• Designing new interventions for health professionals based on the methodologies described in the included studies.

Strengths

• The review is based on eight distinct studies, providing a multi-study perspective.
• The included studies were published in the last decade, suggesting relatively recent evidence.
• The review searched multiple databases (PubMed, Lilacs, Scopus, SciELO, Bireme) for literature.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the three countries where interventions were conducted.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Systematic literature review.

Time Range

Studies published in the last decade (specific years unknown).

Geography

Interventions were conducted in three unspecified countries.