TITLE:
Knowledge and Practices of the Prescription of Physical and Sports Activities (PSA) by Doctors in Ouagadougou: Inventory
AUTHORS:
Nana Brigitte, Lamien David Prosper, Sawadogo Amidou, Daboné Moussa
KEYWORDS:
Physicians, PSA, Prescription, Protocol, Prevention
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.13 No.4,
November
7,
2023
ABSTRACT: Introduction: The prescription of physical and sports activities
(PSA) is discussed by doctors in Burkina Faso. Objective: To analyze the medical doctors’ knowledge and practices of the
prescription of PSA in Ouagadougou city. Method: A mixed-method
exploratory study, data were collected using an online google forms survey of
135 doctors in 3
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 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, 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 Discussion/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 Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) is a concept that emerged with
modernity. In the light of these results, information/training strategies on
PSA prescription protocols should be developed.