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Table 3 Operationalization and summary of the ten implementation variables considered in predicting change in social cognitions

From: ‘Changing Minds’: determining the effectiveness and key ingredients of an educational intervention to enhance healthcare professionals’ intentions to prescribe physical activity to patients with physical disabilities

Implementation variables

Abbreviation

Continuous variable

Dichotomous variable*

  

Range

Yes

No

Presenter characteristics

    

  Seminar number using the new CMCL curriculum

CMCL#

1–4

  

  Years the presenter has been part of CMCL staff

CMCLyears

0-5

  

  Whether the presenter is a HCP themselves

HCPpresenter

 

66

26

Intervention delivery components

    

  Number of attendees present

Attendees

8–77

  

  Duration (minutes)

Duration

60–120

  

  Parasport athlete present at seminar to share his/her experience with the role his/her HCP played in his/her LTPA success

Athlete

 

85

7

  Parasport equipment available for viewing and use by attendees

Equipment

 

42

50

  Educational resources about LTPA for people with a physical disability distributed to attendees

Resources

 

87

5

  Inclusion of audio-visual component (e.g., photos, videos) not part of standard CMCL curriculum

AVadded

 

14

78

  Partner with community organization

Partner

 

21

71

  1. Note. AV: Audiovisual; CMCL: ‘Changing Minds, Changing Lives’; HCP: Healthcare professional; LTPA: Leisure-time physical activity. Data for the presenter characteristics were extracted from presenter demographic questionnaires completed prior to interventionist training. Data for the intervention delivery components were extracted from the Presenter Checklists that were completed for 14 of the 15 seminars delivered to HCPs during the study period.
  2. *Number of participants exposed to each implementation variable over the 14 seminars for which Presenter Checklists are available. The seminar that is missing a Presenter Checklist had five participants attend; hence, frequencies in the last column add up to 92.