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Published in: BMC Nephrology 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

Primary care physicians’ own exercise habits influence exercise counseling for patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Yoshiyuki Morishita, Akihiko Numata, Atushi Miki, Mari Okada, Kenichi Ishibashi, Fumi Takemoto, Yasuhiro Ando, Shigeaki Muto, Daisuke Nagata, Eiji Kusano

Published in: BMC Nephrology | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

The appropriate exercise counseling for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is crucial to improve their prognosis. There have been few studies about exercise counseling by primary care physicians for CKD patients. We investigated primary care physicians’ exercise counseling practices for CKD patients, and the association of these physicians’ own exercise habits with exercise counseling.

Methods

The population of this cross-sectional study was 3310 medical doctors who graduated from Jichi Medical University from 1978 to 2012. The study instrument was a self-administered questionnaire that was mailed in August 2012 to investigate their age class, specialty, workplace, exercise habits, and practices of exercise counseling for CKD.

Results

581 (64.8%) medical doctors practiced the management of CKD among a total of 933 responses. These 581 medical doctors were defined as CKD primary care physicians and their answers were analyzed. CKD primary care physicians’ own exercise habits (frequencies and intensities) were as follows: frequencies: daily, 71 (12.1%); ≥2–3 times/week, 154 (26.5%); ≥1 time/week, 146 (25.1%); and ≤1 time/month, 176 (30.2%); intensities: high (≥6 Mets), 175 (30.1%); moderate (4–6 Mets), 132 (22.7%); mild (3–4 Mets), 188 (32.3%); very mild (<3 Mets), 47 (8.1%); and none, 37 (6.4%). The CKD primary care physicians’ exercise recommendation levels for CKD patients were as follows: high, 31 (5.3%); moderate, 176 (29.7%); low, 256 (44.0%); and none, 92 (15.8%). The CKD primary care physicians’ exercise recommendations for CKD patients were significantly related to their own exercise frequency (p < 0.001), but they were not related to their age, specialty, workplace, or exercise intensity.

Conclusions

CKD primary care physicians’ exercise recommendation level for CKD patients was limited. In addition, CKD primary care physicians’ own exercise habits influenced the exercise counseling for CKD patients. The establishment of guidelines for exercise by CKD patients and their dissemination among primary care physicians are needed.
(University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trial Registry. number, UMIN000011803. Registration date, Sep/19/2013)
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Metadata
Title
Primary care physicians’ own exercise habits influence exercise counseling for patients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study
Authors
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Akihiko Numata
Atushi Miki
Mari Okada
Kenichi Ishibashi
Fumi Takemoto
Yasuhiro Ando
Shigeaki Muto
Daisuke Nagata
Eiji Kusano
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Nephrology / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2369
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-15-48

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