Physical inactivity remains a global epidemic leading to an estimated 5 million preventable deaths per year. Although there exist numerous public-health campaigns aimed at increasing physical activity (PA), a potentially fruitful but underexplored avenue to promote both human and animal health is veterinary-prescribed PA programs. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of incorporating veterinary-prescribed PA programming into a diverse array of clinic settings. Participants (n = 722 veterinary-clinic staff (VS); n = 1028 dog owners (DOs)) completed an online survey assessing: (a) the perceived importance of PA for promoting health and preventing disease, (b) willingness to participate in a veterinary-prescribed PA program, and (c) potential benefits and barriers of such a program. Both groups of participants indicated that PA is important for both human and animal health (97% and 98% of VS and 92% and 93% of DOs said PA is very or extremely important for animal and human health, respectively). Additionally, most participants in both groups expressed an interest in participating in a veterinary-prescribed PA program in the future, with only 11% of DOs and 10% of VS saying they were not interested. Benefits and barriers of this type of intervention for both practitioners and patients were also identified. Incorporating veterinary-prescribed PA programming into veterinary clinics seems to be acceptable to both DOs and VS. Additionally, many VS believe such programming would be feasible at their clinics; thus, pursuing such programs appears to be a promising avenue for promoting human and animal health.

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兽医规定的体育锻炼：兽医人员和狗只主人的可行性和可接受性

缺乏运动仍然是一种全球流行病，据估计每年可导致500万可预防的死亡。尽管存在许多旨在增加体育锻炼（PA）的公共卫生运动，但兽医规定的PA计划是一种可能富有成果但尚未得到充分开发的促进人类和动物健康的途径。这项研究的目的是确定将兽医处方的PA程序纳入各种临床环境的可行性和可接受性。参与者（n = 722名兽医诊所工作人员（VS）； n = 1028狗主人（DOs））完成了一项在线调查，评估：（a）感知到的PA对促进健康和预防疾病的重要性，（b）参与的意愿兽医规定的PA计划，以及（c）此类计划的潜在利益和障碍。两组参与者均指出，PA对人类和动物健康均很重要（VS的97％和98％以及DO的92％和93％表示PA对动物和人类健康非常重要或极其重要）。此外，两组中的大多数参与者都表示有兴趣将来参加兽医规定的PA计划，只有11％的DO和10％的VS表示不感兴趣。还确定了这种干预对从业者和患者的益处和障碍。DO和VS都可以接受将兽医规定的PA程序纳入兽医诊所。另外，许多VS认为这样的程序在他们的诊所是可行的。因此，推行此类计划似乎是促进人类和动物健康的有前途的途径。