Physical activity coaching by Australian Exercise Physiologists is cost effective for patients referred from general practice.

CONCLUSION: Coaching achieved a modest increase in activity equivalent to 10 minutes walking per day, at a cost of AUD$245 per person. Face-to-face and telephone counselling were both effective. Implication for public health: Persistence of increases nine months after the end of coaching suggests it creates long-term change and is a good value health intervention. PMID: 29165855 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29165855?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 22, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ewald B, Stacey F, Johnson N, Plotnikoff RC, Holliday E, Brown W, James EL Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research