Table 2 Questionnaire items assessing healthcare professionals’ social cognitions for discussing leisure-time physical activity with their patients

Attitudes (5 items)

αs ≥0.81

  Instrumental attitudes

1 = Strongly disagree,

   1. Attending this CMCL presentation will help me discuss physical activity and parasport to my patients with a physical disability.

7 = Strongly agree

  Affective attitudes

Anchors represent extremes (1/7) on 7-point Likert scale

   2. Complete the statement, ‘Discussing physical activity and parasport to my patients with a physical disability would be__________’.

a. Harmful/beneficial

b. Worthless/valuable

c. Difficult/easy

d. Unpleasant/pleasant

Subjective norms (1 item)

1 = Strongly disagree,

N/A

   1. Other health care professionals that I work with think I should discuss physical activity and parasport with my patients with a physical disability.

7 = Strongly agree

Perceived behavioural control (2 items)

1 = Not at all confident,

r s ≥0.44

   If you were really motivated and had all the resources that you needed, how confident are you in your ability to…

7 = Completely confident

p s ≤0.03

   1. …discuss physical activity and parasport with your patients with a physical disability?

   2. …persuade your patients with a physical disability to participate in physical activity and parasport?

Intentions (3 items)

1 = Strongly disagree,

αs ≥0.82

   1. In the next four weeks, I intend to seek out additional information about physical activity and parasport for my patients/clients with a physical disability.

7 = Strongly agree

   2. In the next four weeks, I intend to seek out additional information to use to persuade my patients with a physical disability to engage in physical activity and parasport.

   3. In the next four weeks, I intend to persuade my patients with a physical disability to engage in physical activity and parasport.