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

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Bivariate correlations between the variables used in the regression models

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. PA promotion frequency	_
2. Age	0.025	_
3. Sex	−0.027	0.102**	_
4. Clinical practice setting	0.193**	−0.006	− 0.061	_
5. Medical career position (non-specialists vs. specialists)	0.072*	0.621**	−0.003	− 0.072*	_
6. Specialty (other specialties vs. Family medicine)	0.190**	−0.071*	− 0.087**	0.790**	− 0.078*	_
7. Relevance attributed to PA promotion in healthcare	0.222**	−0.161**	− 0.076*	0.110**	− 0.123**	0.158**	_
8. Patients’ requesting advice on PA	0.313**	−0.008	−0.054	0.062	0.090**	0.058	0.155**	_
9. Perceived knowledge regarding PA guidelines	−0.072*	−0.085**	0.009	−0.037	−0.070*	− 0.005	0.039	0.006	_
10. Previous PA training	−0.080*	−0.169**	− 0.060	−0.133**	− 0.154**	−0.099**	0.046	0.003	0.349**	_
11. Total weekly MET-minutes	0.118**	0.002	0.072*	−0.076*	−0.031	−0.072*	0.058	0.079*	−0.017	−0.009	_
12. Total daily hours of sitting time	0.054	0.009	−0.017	0.304**	−0.025	0.258**	0.041	−0.005	−0.029	− 0.074*	−0.148**	_

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