Table 5.
Questionnaire criteria, criteria coming out of interviews, and examples
| Questionnaire criteria | Criteria coming out of interviews | Examples from interviews |
| 1. Efficacy to treat a problem of high priority | a. Course contribution: motivation to learn, and to work harder | - "I used to treat obesity as something that needed cosmetics now I know it's a disease that needs a cure...and it is my job" - "I've a lot more to learn...I wish I had more courses like this one...It's very important...I'm ready to work hard...to do a lot more..." |
| 2. Efficacy to give up to date precise information | b. Course contribution: enriched important knowledge, treatment perspectives, skills, practical tools and tips | - "Now I have the tools, a lot of information...now I have the right perspective...I shouldn't be angry with him but supportive...with the tools it's much easier...It's his will and actions and our help. I feel I know how to help him...the course was helpful" |
| 3. Efficacy to persuade, support and help patients make decisions | c. Efficacy to persuade patients to treat obesity | - "Today I'm more patient...I know when it's the right moment to bring up the issue...and I know how to do it" - "I can use emotions to persuade him" - "Before taking the course, I wasn't self-confident enough to do it, now I feel free to talk about this...I can show him statistics on obesity..." |
| 4. Efficacy to make patients plan behavior and situations | d. Efficacy to make patients plan, monitor and control health behavior | - "Since he is aware of his expectations I can make him plan or act..." - "under my guidance he can see what's right and what's wrong... and he can change things..." - "when he understands the process he can initiate behavior" |
| 5. Efficacy to make patients monitor behavior | ||
| 6. Efficacy to make patients control behavior and situations | ||
| 7. Efficacy to treat obesity regardless of previous failures or unsuccessful experiences | e. FP performance reports | - "What you taught in the course works!" - "Now that I know that taking small steps is better than expecting a dramatic weight loss – it is easier...and the patient is happier. I now treat 10 obese people..." - "I now treat 8 people, before taking the course, I did not treat any" - "I have 9, I was given feedback by a patient... she said: I lost two pounds, thank you!...you are great..." |
| 8. Efficacy to treat obesity regardless of lack of time. | f. Efficient time management | - "I'll tell you my secret, everybody starts work at 8.00, I com at 7.00. I'm ready to do it, I want to succeed, after all, it is my job" - "I make a double appointment for an obese patient..." - "If I treat obesity now, I save time, I won't have to treat other diseases in the future" - "I keep thinking about how to be more efficient, I have to do something about the time!" - "I know that when I want something I find the time" |
| 9. Efficacy to bring about other people's involvement in the patient's behavior change process | g. Better done with someone's help | - "I tell her, doing it alone is too difficult. You should bring your husband or a friend to the next visit" |
| h. FP weight loss | - "I lost weight as a result of the course" | |
| i. Enhancing efficacy beliefs by reflection, feedback and supportive climate | - "Did you hear the FPs' reaction to my presentation?...Wow!... that was great...I understood I had great success" - "I was given feedback by patients, now I know I can!" - "The best thing that happened to me in this course is that it made me think" - "I could open myself to talk about things that I hadn't done before...I think it's because of the warm climate" |
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