The Impact of Physical Activity Behavior Change Training for Preprofessional Health Students-A Systematic Review.

IF 2.9 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI:10.1123/jpah.2024-0399

Emily Lehman, Genevieve N Healy, Roma Forbes, Mia Phillips, Casey Gilbert, Sjaan R Gomersall

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Abstract

Background: Health professionals play a crucial role in promoting physical activity, but the impact of physical activity behavior change training on preprofessional health students is underresearched. This systematic review examined the impact of such training for preprofessional health students.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycInfo, and CINAHL up to October 2024. Included studies reported training interventions for preprofessional health students, with outcomes related to changes in knowledge, skills, confidence, and attitudes/intentions toward physical activity promotion. Inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed studies published in English, excluding qualitative studies, reviews, study protocols, and grey literature. The Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions tool was used to assess risk of bias. A narrative synthesis was conducted due to study heterogeneity, with meta-analysis not feasible. The review was registered prospectively with PROSPERO (CRD42023428847).

Results: Sixteen studies from 8 countries were included (median duration: 23 weeks), featuring training approaches such as theoretical, practical, or mixed learning. Participants included medical, nursing, physiotherapy, pharmacy, or other health-related degree students. All studies reported positive effects on knowledge, skills, confidence, or attitudes. Approaches combining theoretical and practical components yielded higher improvements in knowledge and confidence compared with single-component approaches. Risk of bias was high in 12/16 studies.

Conclusions: Training preprofessional health students in physical activity support and behavior change can enhance their knowledge, skills, confidence, or attitudes in this area. Variability in methods and risk of bias in the included studies necessitate caution in interpretation. Assessment of long-term training impacts on both preprofessional health students and patient outcomes is needed.

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体育活动行为改变训练对职前卫生专业学生的影响——系统综述。

背景：卫生专业人员在促进体育活动方面发挥着至关重要的作用，但体育活动行为改变训练对职前卫生专业学生的影响研究不足。本系统综述考察了此类培训对职前卫生专业学生的影响。方法：检索PubMed、Embase、Web of Science、PsycInfo和CINAHL，检索时间截止到2024年10月。纳入的研究报告了对职业前健康学生的训练干预，其结果与知识、技能、信心和对体育活动促进的态度/意图的变化有关。纳入标准为发表于英文的同行评议研究，排除定性研究、综述、研究方案和灰色文献。使用非随机干预研究的偏倚风险评估工具来评估偏倚风险。由于研究异质性，我们进行了叙述性综合，meta分析不可行。该研究已在PROSPERO注册（CRD42023428847）。结果：纳入了来自8个国家的16项研究（中位持续时间：23周），包括理论、实践或混合学习等培训方法。参与者包括医学、护理、物理治疗、药学或其他与健康相关的学位学生。所有的研究都报告了对知识、技能、信心或态度的积极影响。理论和实践相结合的方法在知识和信心方面比单一成分的方法有更高的提高。在12/16项研究中，偏倚风险较高。结论：对职业前卫生专业学生进行体育活动支持和行为改变培训可以提高他们在这方面的知识、技能、信心或态度。纳入研究方法的可变性和偏倚风险需要谨慎解释。需要评估长期培训对职业前健康学生和患者预后的影响。

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Journal of physical activity & health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

3.20%

发文量

100

期刊介绍： The Journal of Physical Activity and Health (JPAH) publishes original research and review papers examining the relationship between physical activity and health, studying physical activity as an exposure as well as an outcome. As an exposure, the journal publishes articles examining how physical activity influences all aspects of health. As an outcome, the journal invites papers that examine the behavioral, community, and environmental interventions that may affect physical activity on an individual and/or population basis. The JPAH is an interdisciplinary journal published for researchers in fields of chronic disease.