Table 4 .
Self-Reported Level of Comfort in Providing Physical Activity and Exercise (PAE) Advice to Patients with Disease (N = 146)
| Disease |
n (%) of respondents |
|
|---|---|---|
| Highest level of comfort | Lowest level of comfort | |
| Cancer | 39 (27) | 72 (49) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 85 (58) | 33 (23) |
| Diabetes (requiring insulin or secretagogue) | 58 (40) | 48 (33) |
| Diabetes (not requiring insulin or secretagogue) | 73 (50) | 24 (16) |
| Hypertension | 81 (55) | 21 (14) |
| Mental health | 50 (34) | 41 (28) |
| Obesity | 96 (66) | 9 (6) |
| Osteoarthritis | 129 (88) | 4 (3) |
| Osteoporosis | 96 (66) | 14 (10) |
| Other musculoskeletal (e.g. low back pain) | 125 (86) | 5 (3) |
| Respiratory | 57 (39) | 46 (32) |
Note: On average, physiotherapists reported 6.1 (SD 3.0) responses for conditions they were most comfortable providing PAE advice about and 2.2 (SD 1.8) responses for conditions they were least comfortable providing PAE advice about.