Table 3.

Level of agreement [n %] with statements regarding barriers to exercise prescription for people with mental illness

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neither disagree / agree	Agree	Strongly agree
Their mental health makes it impossible for them to participate in exercise	5, 17%	4, 13%	4, 13%	10, 32%	8, 26%
I'm concerned exercise might make their condition worse	3, 10%	15, 48%	4, 13%	8, 26%	1, 3%
I am not interested in prescribing exercise for people with a mental illness	6, 19%	21, 68%	1, 3%	1, 3%	2, 6%
I don't believe exercise will help people with a mental illness	7, 23%	20, 64%	2, 6%	1, 3%	1, 3%
Their physical health makes it impossible for them to participate in exercise	4, 13%	17, 55%	3, 10%	3, 10%	4, 13%
I'm concerned they might get injured while exercising	4, 13%	7, 23%	7, 23%	11, 35%	2, 6%
People with a mental illness won't adhere to an exercise program	3, 10%	10, 32%	7, 23%	7, 23%	4, 13%
My workload is already too excessive to include prescribing exercise to people with a mental illness.	7, 23%	17, 55%	1, 3%	5, 17%	1, 3%
Prescribing exercise to people with a mental illness is not part of my job	5, 17%	19, 60%	3, 10%	0, 0%	4, 13%
I do not know how to prescribe exercise to people with a mental illness	2, 6%	19, 60%	5, 17%	4, 13%	1, 3%
Prescription of exercise to people with mental illness is best delivered by an exercise professional.	3, 10%	3, 10%	3, 10%	14, 45%	8, 26%