Exercise on prescription in general practice: A systematic review

Are physical activity interventions in primary care and the community cost-effective? A systematic review of the evidence

“…Physical activity interventions based in primary health care, such as exercise on prescription, have been shown to be effective [6][7][8][9] and cost-effective, 10,11 with a cost-utility ratio comparable to many currently-funded pharmaceutical therapies. A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of physical activity interventions within primary health care was completed in 2002, in which eight studies were identified, published between 1996 and 2002.…”

Determinants of restorative experiences in everyday favorite places

“…For counselling purposes, we are tentatively proposing an analogy to "exercise prescriptions" in primary healthcare (Sørensen, Skovgaard & Puggaard, 2006) based on our results. We call these "favourite place prescriptions".…”

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Across the Lifespan

“…The group counseling sessions were found to be most effective in promoting physical activity (1,706 more steps compared with the control group over time) with GPs reporting that they lacked time for more than a 15-min consultation. Evidence suggests that GP referral schemes can be effective in promoting physical activity [8], this includes even brief advice from motivated GPs [9]. However, the additional intervention "dose" received by those in the group counseling arm (3×90-min sessions) and the fact that GPs were perhaps not as skilled in delivery as the trained group of counselors may also explain the outcome of this intervention.…”