One-day workshop-based training improves physical activity prescription knowledge in Latin American physicians: a pre-test post-test study

Table 2 Pre and post-test average scores and relative gain among participating MDs

Specialties	N	Benefits and Risks of PA			PA assessment			PA prescription
Specialties	N	Pre	Post	Relative gain [95% CI]	Pre	Post	Relative gain [95% CI]	Pre	Post	Relative gain [95% CI]
General	349	71%	85%	26%*⁺	54%	71%	42%*	67%	88%	45%*
Practitioner				[21–30%]			[35–49%]			[37–52%]
Family	92	74%	87%	25%*	54%	73%	59%*	71%	89%	36%*
Medicine				[15–35%]			[41–77%]			[23–49%]
Internal	194	75%	85%	22%*⁺	56%	71%	46%*	73%	88%	30%⁺°
Medicine				[15–29%]			[34–57%]			[22–38%]
IM Sub.	44	74%	86%	21%⁺	55%	75%	50%*	74%	88%	24%⁺°
				[9–33%]			[28–72%]			[11–38%]
Pediatrics	52	74%	84%	19%⁺	54%	67%	37%	72%	90%	40%*
				[12–25%]			[21–52%]			[23–57%]
Cardiology	59	64%	75%	24%*⁺	56%	65%	34%	69%	80%	27%
				[15–34%]			[13–54%]			[10–44%]
Sports	77	85%	91%	11%⁺	70%	81%	21%⁺	81%	96%	20%⁺
Medicine				[6–16%]			[11–31%]			[14–26%]
Other	177	66%	83%	39%*	51%	68%	48%*	65%	88%	47%*
Specialties				[30–47%]			[37–60%]			[35–58%]
Total	1044	72%	85%	26%	55%	71%	43%	70%	89%	38%
				[23%–28%]			[39%–48%]			[34%–42%]

*: Significantly higher than Sports medicine (p < 0.05)
⁺: Significantly lower than other (p < 0.05)
°: Significantly lower than General practitioners (p < 0.05)
IM Sub Internal medicine subspecialties others than Cardiology (immunology, endocrinology, pulmonology, nephrology, gastroenterology, hematology, intensive care specialists, and infectious diseases specialists)

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