A F Lounsbery M, Thomas L McKenzie, Stewart Trost, Nicole J Smith
Facilitators and barriers to adopting evidence-based physical education in elementary schools
Journal of physical activity & health
study aimed find whether general practitioners gps use quality life qol information primary care explore reasoning assess barriers use second purpose see whether transtheoretical model ttm behaviour change could applied doctors use qol information primary care representative crosssectional sample 800 gps approached national postal survey 280 38 provided qualitative quantitative information gps said qol interesting important users seen information scales aware uses 8 ever used formal standardised questionnaires main barriers implementation shortage time information experience using qol assessment sizable minority wanted know seventyone percent would use qol monitor treatment effectiveness five stages ttm used identify whether gps predisposed use qol information knowledge levels values support model ttm sensitively reliably discriminate users nonusers variables limited value