Medical students’ baseline beliefs and confidence about physical activity (n=190)
| Statement | % reporting strongly agree (n=190) | Mode | Median | IQR |
| ‘Physical Activity is important in preventing disease.’ | 86 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| ‘Physical Activity is important in treating disease.’ | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| ‘Advising patients about Physical Activity is an important part of a doctor’s job.’ | 59 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| ‘I am confident advising patients on Physical Activity.’ | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| ‘I am confident I know the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) adult Physical Activity guidelines.’ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| ‘I feel confident that I could raise the issue of Physical Activity with a patient presenting with an unrelated problem.’ | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Scale for questions: 1=strongly agree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor diagree, 4=agree, 5=disagree.
IQR, Interquartile ranges.