Knowledge and Practices of the Prescription of Physical and Sports Activities (PSA) by Doctors in Ouagadougou: A Mixed-Method Exploratory Approach | Chapter 7 | Advancement and New Understanding in Medical Science Vol. 6

Introduction: The benefits of physical activity (PA) in improving the quality of life of people with chronic diseases have led some countries to include the prescription of PA in their public health code. In Burkina Faso, public health documents do not contain any information about prescribing PA, even though some doctors claim to prescribe physical activity.
 
Objective: To analyse the medical doctors’ knowledge and practices of the prescription of PSA in Ouagadougou city
 
Methods: A mixed-method exploratory study, data were collected using an online Google Forms survey of 135 doctors in 03 health districts in Ouagadougou city, and interviews with 23 doctors to February to June 2023. Quantitative data were processed using Epi-Info software, and qualitative data using the content analysis method. Test significance was set at p<0.05.
 
Results: Based on 48 specialists and 87 general practitioners, the results revealed that 97.04% of participants were aware of the importance of PSA for health, and 91.11% said they are used to prescribing PSA to their patients. As for the prescription protocol, only 22.22% claimed they mastered it.
 
A significant relationship emerged between seniority and PSA prescription (p<0.02). Qualitative analysis reinforced these results in that the vast majority of interviewees claimed that they knew PSAs and used to prescribe them to their patients without any prescription protocol.
 
Discussion and Conclusion: These results reveal that all participants have sufficient information on the importance of PSA for health. However, they do more to raise awareness than to prescribe, because prescription protocols are not applied. It also emerged that seniority was linked to PSA prescription. This could be explained by the fact that PSA as a means of preventing NCDs is a concept that emerged with modernity and therefore rhymes with youth. Even if young doctors claim to prescribe PSA, it should be noted that this idea does not adequately reflect the reality of the prescription protocol. In light of these results, information/training strategies on PSA prescription protocols should be developed.

Author(s) Details:

Nana Brigitte,
Institute of Sport Sciences and Human Development, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Lamien David Prosper,
Health Sciences Training and Research Unit, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Sawadogo Amidou,
Institute of Sport Sciences and Human Development, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Daboné Moussa,
Institute of Sport Sciences and Human Development, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Study on Administration of Non-phachologic Intervention in the Control of Hypertension among Selected Volunteer Retirees in Awka Metropolis Anambra State Nigeria | Chapter 5 | Innovations in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 3

High blood pressure under medical palance is associated with a variety of circulatory diseases, and it has been estimated that over 12% of all deaths in the world is directly or remotely connected with hypertension. It is said that one out of every five persons, can expect to have high blood pressure at one time or the other, during one’s life time. Based on hemodynamic equation, the mean arterial pressure is equal to cardiac out-put, times resistance (p means = Q x R). Hence hypertension is usually as a result of either an increased cardiac output and/or an increased resistance. The most common form of high blood pressure in humans is called “essential hypertension”, while is said to have no known cause. However this research aims at showing how a 12-week moderate exercise with bicycle egometer (i.e use of non-pharmacologic approach to reduce the resting heart rate and blood pressure of 6 volunteer retired civil servants from Anambra state civil service and 6 retired academic staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe university in Awka. The paired T-test analysis of data obtained revealed a statistical significant effect of the moderate 12-week exercise on bicycle egometer, on the resting heart rate and blood pressure of the experimental group of the respondents. Hence it could be concluded that the administration of moderate exercise on bicycle egometer could be an effective use of non-pharmacologic intervention in the control and prevention of high blood pressure or hypertension among the elderly.

Author(s) Details

Alagbu Chukwubuikem Eugene
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

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