The Horta-Guinardó District (Barcelona) and the San Rafael Hospital de Hermanas Hospitalarias have started a pilot test for the medical prescription for physical exercise. The goal is to empower chronic patients so that take care of your health by exercising regularly and in a controlled manner, and thus prevent possible complications of your disease.
As the governor of the District of Horta-Guinardó stands out, Rosa Alarcón, “it is an initiative to improve the health of the neighbors in the area” In this sense, “This pilot test responds to the need to promote health prevention and promotion actions at the community level to face one of the main future challenges of the health system: chronic patient care“
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“What we are looking for is that the person be responsible for their health and this implies help her acquire habits that allow her to take care of her outside the health system”, Explains the doctor Àlex Pasarín, coordinator of the Rehabilitation Service of the San Rafael Hospital. “But, at the same time, we want the patient to feel accompanied at all times and that the healthcare professional has all the necessary information for a comprehensive approach and personalized disease“
For the implementation of this initiative, the CAP Sant Rafael and the CEM Olímpics they have reached an agreement thanks to which patients who have been prescribed physical exercise in the primary care center have advantages when making use of the municipal sports center. Specific, tuition is not made to pay and reduced fees apply. In addition, the Horta-Guinardó District makes a prescription adherence monitoring through the figure of the project coordinator, a doctor who checks if patients have enrolled in the sports center, if they attend and how often.
The pilot test is focusing, above all, on chronic patients, for whom regular physical activity is key to avoid complications of the disease. People with hypertension or other cardiovascular diseases, and those who suffer osteoarthritis or back problems They are the main candidates to whom to prescribe physical exercise.
The project has started thanks to the collaboration of family doctors of CAP Sant Rafael, who have already started prescribe physical exercise among their patients. Also, from the San Rafael Hospital The initiative is intended to be extended to other specialties, such as rheumatologists or endocrines. “The fight against sedentary lifestyle It has to be approached from different disciplines and professionals have to abandon paternalistic attitudes so that the patient is actively involved in their treatment, ”Says Dr. Pasarín.
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