Predictors of physical activity promotion in clinical practice: a cross-sectional study among medical doctors

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Table 2 Frequency of physical activity promotion in clinical practice by sociodemographic and professional variables

Participants’ characteristics	Frequency of physical activity promotion in clinical practice %				χ²	Cramer’s V	p value
Participants’ characteristics	Never	Very low or low	Medium	High or very high	χ²	Cramer’s V	p value
Total	6.6	7.1	27.7	56.9
Sex
Men	7.2	8.5	27.2	57.1	2.067	0.047	0.559
Women	6.3	6.3	28.8	58.6
Age-group
23–39 years	6.0	7.8	30.6	55.6	4.116	0.047	0.661
40–54 years	8.0	7.0	25.0	60.0
55–69 years	6.8	6.4	26.4	60.4
Medical career position
Specialist	6.4	6.1	26.6	60.8^a	7.877	0.091	0.049
Non-specialist	7.1	9.4	31.5	51.9^a
Specialty
Family medicine	1.4^a	5.2	25.4	68.0^a	36.750	0.197	< 0.001
Other specialties	9.7^a	8.4	29.8	52.1^a
Clinical practice setting
Primary healthcare	3.4^a	4.8^a	23.9^a	67.9^a	38.051	0.202	< 0.001
Hospital healthcare	9.2^a	9.4^a	32.1^a	49.3^a
Country Region
North	7.2	5.8	28.2	58.8	12.418	0.067	0.413
Centre	6.6	7.7	25.4	60.2
Lisbon and Tagus Valley	5.8	7.3	31.8	55.1
Alentejo	11.4	11.4	15.9	61.4
Algarve	9.1	6.1	15.2	69.7

Differences among Frequency of physical activity promotion categories were tested with Chi-Square tests
^a|Adjusted standardized residual| > 1.96

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