Design and Validity of a Choice-Modeling Questionnaire to Analyze the Feasibility of Implementing Physical Activity on Prescription at Primary Health-Care Settings

Sergio Calonge-Pascual, Francisco Fuentes-Jiménez, José A. Casajús Mallén and Marcela González-Gross
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Sergio Calonge-Pascual: ImFINE Research Group, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences-INEF, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Francisco Fuentes-Jiménez: ImFINE Research Group, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences-INEF, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
José A. Casajús Mallén: GENUD Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Pedro Miral s/n, 50008 Zaragoza, Spain
Marcela González-Gross: ImFINE Research Group, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences-INEF, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-12

Abstract: Worldwide health policies are trying to implement physical activity on prescription (PAP) at healthcare settings. However, there is not a proper methodology to analyze PHC organizational staff factors. This study aims to validate two questionnaires to assess the self-perception of nurses and general practitioners to implement PAP at primary healthcare (PHC) settings. The designed choice-modeling Google-form questionnaire was sent to 11 expert nurses and 11 expert sports medicine physicians. Experts evaluated each question on a 1–5 points Likert-type scale according to their expertise. Aiken’s V coefficient values ≥0.75 were used to validate separately each question using the Visual Basic-6.0 software. A total of 10 sports medicine physicians and 10 nurses with 28.4 ± 5.1 y and 16.3 ± 11.8 y of PAP experience, respectively, validated the questionnaire. One expert in each group was not considered for offering 3 ± SD answers in ≥2 questions respect to the mean of the rest of experts. Final Aiken’s V coefficient values were 0.89 (0.77–1.00) for the nurses’ questionnaire and 0.84 (0.77–0.95) for the physicians’ one. The questionnaires designed to assess the PAP self-perception of PHC nurses and physicians were validated. This methodology could be used to analyze PHC organizational staff factors in order to achieve an efficient PAP implementation in other PHC contexts.

Keywords: exercise; preventive medicine; health promotion; public health; physicians; nurses; health behavior; healthcare; attitude of health personnel; disease management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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