Table 5.

Factors associated with increased likelihood of doctors enquiring about patients’ PA habits/undertaking PA counselling activities in practice

Doctor characteristic	Factors associated with enquiring about patients’ PA habits		Factors associated with undertaking PA counselling
	Exp (B)	(95% CI)	Exp (B)	(95% CI)
Age (years)	0.96	0.91 to 1.00	0.99	0.94 to 1.04
Male gender†	1.30	0.62 to 2.70	1.25	0.58 to 2.72
Doctors who have completed specialist training‡	2.80	0.92 to 8.53	1.32	0.41 to 4.27
Number of postgraduate hours training received in health promotion	1.01	0.79 to 1.29	1.03	0.80 to 1.32
Number of postgraduate hours received in PA counselling	1.00	0.65 to 1.56	1.10	0.66 to 1.82
Level of priority placed on PA counselling in practice	2.48*	1.63 to 3.75	2.82*	1.77 to 4.48
Self-rated knowledge in PA counselling	0.86	0.64 to 1.61	0.83	0.60 to 1.15
Self-rated confidence in providing PA counselling	2.12**	1.09 to 2.05	2.12**	1.47 to 3.05
Level of efficacy in helping patients achieve change in the area of PA	2.12***	1.08 to 4.16	1.64	0.78 to 3.46
Practice-related barriers to PA counselling	0.94	0.52 to 1.69	1.04	0.55 to 2.00
Patient-related barriers to PA counselling	1.26	0.88 to 1.82	1.50*	1.01 to 2.22
Resource-related barriers to PA counselling	1.17	0.73 to 1.90	1.49	0.89 to 2.49
HEPA categories§
Inactive	1.16	0.31 to 4.32	0.96	0.23 to 3.90
Minimally active	1.30	0.64 to 2.62	1.19	0.57 to 2.50
Nagelkerke R2	41.0%		54.0%

*p≤0.001; **p≤0.01; ***p≤0.05. R²: Total variance explained by the model.

†Reference category: Female gender.

‡Reference category: NCHDs.

§Reference category: HEPA.

HEPA, Health-Enhancing Physical Activity; NCHD, non-consultant hospital doctor; PA, physical activity.