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

BMC Medical Education

Table 5 Medical doctors’ physical activity and sedentary behaviour levels

	Physical activity level						Sitting time
Participants’ characteristics	Low	Moderate	High	χ²	Cramer’s V	*p value*	< 3 hours/day	> 3 to < 7 hours/day	≥7 hours/day	χ²	*Cramer’s V*	*p value*
Total	28.4	45.5	26.1				9.9	25.6	64.5
Sex
Men	25.9	44.2	29.9	5.481	0.076	0.065	8.8	29.1	62.1	4.794	0.071	0.091
Women	30.2	46.4	23.4				10.7	23.1	66.3
Age-group
23–39 years	28.0	46.1	25.9	2.502	0.036	0.644	11.0	24.6	64.3	7.667	0.063	0.105
40–54 years	32.2	41.5	26.3				12.7	25.9	61.5
55–69 years	26.3	47.4	26.3				6.0	27.0	67.0
Medical career position
Specialist	28.6	45.8	25.5	0.340	0.019	0.844	9.8	27.6	62.7	3.995	0.064	0.136
Non specialist	27.9	44.8	27.3				10.2	21.6	68.3
Specialty
Family medicine	30.9	46.1	22.9	3.438	0.060	0.179	2.6^a	13.8^a	83.^a	90.788	0.307	< 0.001
Other specialties	27.0	45.1	27.9				14.1^a	32.4^a	53.6^a
Clinical practice setting
Primary healthcare	30.8	44.7	24.5	3.314	0.059	0.191	2.9^a	13.8^a	83.2^a	130.457	0.370	< 0.001
Hospital healthcare	25.7	46.6	27.7				15.8^a	36.1^a	48.1^a
Country Region
North	24.3	47.0	28.7	14.217	0.087	0.076	8.0	28.3	63.7	8.154	0.066	0.419
Centre	31.5	43.1	25.4				7.7	22.7	69.6
Lisbon and Tagus Valley area	32.0	44.4	23.5				12.1	25.6	62.3
Alentejo	17.4	45.7	37.0				8.7	19.6	71.7
Algarve	15.2	60.6	24.2				6.1	27.3	66.7

Abbreviations: IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short form), HEPA Health-Enhancing Physical Activity
Differences among IPAQ categories and sitting time intervals were tested with Chi-Square tests
^a|Adjusted standardized residual| > 1.96

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