Table 4.

Use of 5-As as recorded in medical charts of trained physicians (n = 36) 1 month before and 1 month after training

	Pre-training n = 851	Post-training n = 849
Proportion of files containing	n (%)	n (%)
0 As	484 (57)	405 (48)
1 As	135 (16)	112 (13)
2 As	113 (13)	158 (19)
3 As	78 (9)	87 (10)
4 As	41 (5)	84 (10)
5 As	0	1 (0.1)
Overall implementation of each A
Assess patient PA	366 (43)	441 (52)*
Advice to increase PA	213 (25)	331 (39)*
Assist to set goals	60 (7)	127 (15)*
Agree on a plan	111 (13)	144 (17)
Arrange referral and follow-up	5 (1)	6 (1)

PA physical activity

*Significantly different from baseline at p < .01 in chi-square tests