Two-year longitudinal analysis of a cluster randomized trial of physical activity promotion by general practitioners

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Grandes, Gonzalo ^a   Sanchez, Alvaro ^a   Montoya, Imanol ^a   Sanchez Pinilla, Ricardo ^b   Torcal, Jesús ^c  

^a Primary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia   (Spain)

^b Santa Barbara Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

^c Basauri Ariz Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953232010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018363     Document Type: Article

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