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Care of the older person
Randomised controlled trial
Physical activity can successfully be promoted to older adults within a primary care setting by trained nurses
  1. Mutrie Nanette,
  2. Graham Baker
  1. Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  1. Correspondence to: Professor Mutrie Nanette, Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK; nanette.mutrie{at}ed.ac.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/eb-2016-102358

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    Commentary on: Harris T, Kerry SM, Victor CR, et al. A primary care nurse-delivered walking intervention in older adults: PACE (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluation)-Lift cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med 2015;12:e1001783.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • General practitioners (GPs) should consider using nurses to promote physical activity.

    • Evidence suggests that most older adults need help and support to increase daily walking and gain health benefits.

    • Support can be provided by trained practice nurses and minimal additional resources.

    • Further research is needed on how best to attract the interest of older adults to this opportunity to increase physical activity and how nurse-led promotion of activity can be extended to segments of the population other than older adults.

    Context

    Physical inactivity has been recognised as a leading cause of non-communicable diseases. Older …

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    Footnotes

    • Twitter Follow Nanette Mutrie at @nanettemutrie

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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