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A study by Helena M Hernández-Pizarro, researcher at the TecnoCampus Business Department, and Laia Maynou that evaluates the effectiveness of prescribing physical activity to adults with high cardiovascular risk in Catalonia has been published in the Economics and Human Biology magazine.

The study is presented next November 7 at the 2nd Scientific Conference CareCityLab 2024 at the Mataró Hospital. Focusing on the intervention of the Physical Activity, Sport and Health Plan (PAFES) and using data from the Catalan Health Survey (ESCA), the study shows that the prescription of physical activity in primary care reduces the risk of poor mental health, especially among women in the target population.

The results are consistent with several measures of mental health. The authors find that the PAFES contributes to achieving a high level of physical activity, but does not affect rates of sedentarism or minutes walked per day. The study also demonstrates the presence of positive externalities of the intervention, since it not only improves the physical activity and mental health of the target population, but also of the adult population in general that could be given by the prescription of the doctors to adult population and/or the word of mouth of the people who have received the prescription. 

This study provides strong evidence for the mental health benefits of physical activity prescription, highlighting the importance of large-scale interventions in primary care to improve the health of the population at high cardiovascular risk, who are also more likely to of suffering from poor mental health. Therefore, the prescription of physical activity becomes a useful tool to preserve mental well-being.

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