Table 1.

Resident Attitudes and Practices Regarding Physical Activity ^*

	Control Scores (n = 27)		Intervention Scores (n = 21)		Mean Diff. Between Change Score (SD)	p Value for Change
Question	Before	After	Before	After
Behavior †
What percentage of patients do you question about physical  activity habits?	3.56	3.59	3.57	4.05	0.45 (0.88)	.087
What percentage of patients do you advise to engage in regular  physical activity as part of treatment for their disease conditions?	3.52	3.26	3.48	3.86	0.64 (0.86)	.02
For what percentage of patients do you write an exercise  prescription?	2.41	2.44	2.86	3.33	0.44 (0.87)	.087
Self-efficacy ‡
Rate your skill at taking a history about physical activity.	2.44	2.52	2.33	2.71	0.3 (0.59)	.124
Rate your skill at assessing a patient’s contraindications to exercise.	2.00	2.30	2.24	2.62	0.08 (0.74)	.66
Rate your skill at writing an exercise prescription.	1.96	2.19	2.05	2.76	0.48 (0.95)	.045
Rate your ability to persuade patients to begin regular physical  activity when appropriate.	3.30	3.19	3.14	3.67	0.64 (0.98)	.02

^*Scores after intervention are compared between groups after controlling for scores before intervention.

^†For behavior questions, 1 = <10%, 2 = 10%–25%, 3 = 26%–50%, 4 = 51%–75%, and 5 = 76%–100%.

^‡For self-efficacy questions, 1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, and 4 = excellent.