Table 3 Description of datasets in relation to each measure before (baseline) and after the development work (follow-up)a
From: Developing physical activity counselling in primary care through participatory action approach
| Baseline | Follow-up | |
|---|---|---|
| Health professionals responding to the questionnaire, N (%) b | 75 (53 %) | 80 (57 %) |
| Profession | ||
| physician | 18 (24) | 13 (16) |
| nurse | 42 (56) | 43 (54) |
| physiotherapist | 15 (20) | 24 (30) |
| Years in the current working place, mean (SD) | 11.3 (10.4) | 11.2 (10.0) |
| Working in outpatient health servicesc | 74 (99) | 79 (99) |
| Patients per day, mean (SD) | 9.0 (5.6) | 12.7 (23.5) |
| Minutes per patient, mean (SD) | 36.5 (18.3) | 37.6 (18.7) |
| Patient visits on the record sheets, N | 1008 | 1000 |
| By a professional group, N (%) | ||
| physician | 413 (41) | 228 (23) |
| nurse | 417 (41) | 633 (63) |
| physiotherapist | 178 (18) | 139 (14) |
| By a single employee, mean (SD) | 9.1 (8.0) | 9.1 (6.9) |
| physician | 11.0 (9.5) | 10.0 (8.1) |
| nurse | 8.0 (6.6) | 9.3 (6.5) |
| physiotherapist | 7.0 (6.1) | 7.2 (6.1) |
| Health professionals completing the record sheet on patients visitsd | N = 112 (79 %) | N = 89 (63 %) |
| physician | 35 (31) | 17 (19) |
| nurse | 51 (46) | 54 (61) |
| physiotherapist | 26 (23) | 18 (20) |
| Patients responding to the questionnairee | N = 441 (44 %) | N = 431 (43 %) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 54.1 (17.8) | 58.6 (17.3) |
| Sex | ||
| female | 286 (65) | 280 (65) |
| male | 153 (35) | 148 (35) |
| Professional visited | ||
| physician | 193 (44) | 198 (46) |
| nurse | 152 (35) | 135 (32) |
| physiotherapist | 81 (19) | 87 (20) |
| other | 10 (2) | 8 (2) |
| Reason for the visit | ||
| diagnostic examinations or treatment of a symptom, disease or injury | 261 (60) | 277 (64) |
| preventive health examination | 54 (12) | 55 (13) |
| birth control, maternity care | 35 (8) | 27 (6) |
| other | 85 (20) | 71 (17) |
| First visit | 152 (35) | 128 (30) |
| Illness diagnosed by a physicianf | 338 (83) | 350 (87) |
| Moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity 1–2 hours a week and muscular strength training on at least 2 days a week. | 137 (33) | 146 (37) |
| External partners interviewed | N = 48 | N = 28 |
| Primary working place | ||
| non-profit health or patient organization | 8 (17) | 6 (21) |
| exercise and sports club | 7 (15) | 4 (14) |
| public PA services | 7 (15) | 2 (7) |
| private fitness centre | 6 (12) | 2 (7) |
| adult education centre etc. | 4 (8) | 3 (11) |
| other | 16 (33) | 11 (39) |
| Implements PA counselling in own work. | 20 (42) | 9 (32) |
| Reports that there is an agreement in the municipality about the coordination of health-enhancing PA. | 24 (50) | 18 (64) |
| Reports that there is an agreement in the municipality about sharing the responsibilities of health-enhancing PA. | 15 (31) | 8 (29) |