Effect of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine educational booklet (n=51)
| Statement | Baseline | Post-FSEM booklet | Exact Sig (two-tailed) p value* |
| %reporting strongly agree | |||
| ‘Physical Activity is important in preventing disease.’ | 82 | 86 | 0.77 |
| ‘Physical Activity is important in treating disease.’ | 24 | 43 | 0.06 |
| ‘Advising patients about Physical Activity is an important part of a doctor’s job.’ | 59 | 57 | 1.00 |
| ‘I am confident advising patients on Physical Activity.’ | 8 | 17 | <0.01 |
| ‘I am confident I know the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) adult Physical Activity guidelines.’ | 2 | 23 | <0.01 |
| ‘I feel confident that I could raise the issue of Physical Activity with a patient presenting with an unrelated problem.’ | 4 | 17 | 0.03 |
| % correct response MCQ | |||
| Current physical activity recommendations | 72 | 90 | 0.03 |
| Osteoarthritis | 52 | 84 | <0.01 |
| Cancer | 13 | 58 | <0.01 |
| Weight management | 98 | 90 | 0.21 |
| Hypertension | 60 | 60 | 1.00 |
Scale for questions: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree.
*The p value was calculated using McNemar’s test for repeated measures.
FSEM, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine; MCQ, multiple choice questions.