Which patients benefit from physical activity on prescription (PAP)? A prospective observational analysis of factors that predict increased physical activity

Table 3 Spearman’s rank correlation investigating the association between correlates of PA at baseline versus PA level at 6-month follow-up

Correlates of PA (n)	PA level
Correlates of PA (n)	Spearman’s rho (r)	p value
Self-efficacy expectations (326)	0.14	0.010
Outcome expectations (313)	−0.15	0.007
Enjoyment (315)	0.12	0.033
Social support
Family-positive (310)	0.07	0.217
Friends-positive (303)	0.07	0.201
Family-negative (327)	0.02	0.790
Readiness to change
Prepared (348)	0.14	0.011
Important (348)	0.04	0.469
Confident (347)	0.17	0.001
BMI (357)	−0.14	0.008
Physical component summary - SF-36 (344)	0.13	0.017
Mental component summary - SF-36 (344)	0.05	0.322
PA level at baseline (361)	0.18	0.001
Age (362)	0.03	0.543
Sex (362)	0.06	0.235
Economic status (353)	−0.06	0.225
Social situation (350)	0.07	0.187
Educational level (354)	0.01	0.978
Smoking (353)	0.04	0.443

PA level physical activity level according to ACSM/AHA questionnaire, ACSM American College of Sports Medicine, AHA American Heart Association, BMI body mass index, SF-36 36-Item Short Form Health Survey
Statistical significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. Statistical significant p-values are presented in bold numbers

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