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Figure 2.

Correlations between test and retest scores for each item and correlations with the overall ATEMPT score_
| ATEMPT item | Same item | Overall score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retest | Test | Retest | ||
| I feel my individual needs were considered when the exercise specialist recommended my exercise (Item 1) | Spearman's rho | 0.542 | 0.693 | 0.760 |
| p (Spearman's rho) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| I am doing enough exercise to produce a positive change in my musculoskeletal pain (Item 2) | Spearman's rho | 0.771 | 0.658 | 0.720 |
| p (Spearman's rho) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| I am doing my exercise as instructed (Item 3) | Spearman's rho | 0.533 | 0.555 | 0.634 |
| p (Spearman's rho) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| I understand how my exercises will help with my musculoskeletal pain (Item 4) | Spearman's rho | 0.548 | 0.787 | 0.793 |
| p (Spearman's rho) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| I understand the consequences of not doing my exercise (Item 5) | Spearman's rho | 0.545 | 0.694 | 0.831 |
| p (Spearman's rho) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| I believe in the efficacy of exercise that has been recommended to me (Item 6) | Spearman's rho | 0.706 | 0.745 | 0.867 |
| p (Spearman's rho) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Overall score | Spearman's rho | 0.730 | Na | Na |
| p (Spearman's rho) | 0.000 | |||
Test-retest reliability for each item and the overall ATEMPT score_
| ATEMPT item | 95% CI of ICC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC | lower bound | upper bound | F | p | |
| I feel my individual needs were considered when the exercise specialist recommended my exercise (Item 1) | 0.688 | 0.543 | 0.787 | 3.207 | 0.000 |
| I am doing enough exercise to produce a positive change in my musculoskeletal pain (Item 2) | 0.852 | 0.783 | 0.899 | 6.763 | 0.000 |
| I am doing my exercise as instructed (Item 3) | 0.701 | 0.562 | 0.796 | 3.350 | 0.000 |
| I understand how my exercises will help with my musculoskeletal pain (Item 4) | 0.700 | 0.56 | 0.795 | 3.330 | 0.000 |
| I understand the consequences of not doing my exercise (Item 5) | 0.678 | 0.527 | 0.78 | 3.102 | 0.000 |
| I believe in the efficacy of exercise that has been recommended to me (Item 6) | 0.824 | 0.742 | 0.88 | 5.678 | 0.000 |
| Overall score | 0.852 | 0.782 | 0.899 | 6.737 | 0.000 |
Differences between test and retest for each item and the overall ATEMPT score_
| ATEMPT item | M | SD | SEM | d | t | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I feel my individual needs were considered when the exercise specialist recommended my exercise (Item 1) | Test | 3.29 | 1.24 | 0.12 | −0.318 | −3.001 | 0.003 |
| Retest | 3.61 | 1.00 | 0.10 | ||||
| I am doing enough exercise to produce a positive change in my musculoskeletal pain (Item 2) | Test | 3.33 | 1.02 | 0.10 | −0.075 | −1.090 | 0.278 |
| Retest | 3.40 | 0.96 | 0.09 | ||||
| I am doing my exercise as instructed (Item 3) | Test | 3.71 | 0.92 | 0.09 | −0.028 | −0.324 | 0.747 |
| Retest | 3.74 | 0.95 | 0.09 | ||||
| I understand how my exercises will help with my musculoskeletal pain (Item 4) | Test | 3.80 | 1.07 | 0.10 | −0.15 | −1.507 | 0.135 |
| Retest | 3.95 | 1.07 | 0.10 | ||||
| I understand the consequences of not doing my exercise (Item 5) | Test | 4.02 | 1.06 | 0.10 | −0.037 | −0.370 | 0.356 |
| Retest | 4.06 | 1.05 | 0.10 | ||||
| I believe in the efficacy of exercise that has been recommended to me (Item 6) | Test | 3.80 | 1.05 | 0.10 | 0.009 | 0.120 | 0.452 |
| Retest | 3.79 | 1.03 | 0.10 | ||||
| Overall score | Test | 21.95 | 4.78 | 0.46 | −0.598 | −1.753 | 0.082 |
| Retest | 22.55 | 5.03 | 0.49 |
Exploratory factor analysis_
| ATEMPT item | Component 1 |
|---|---|
| Factor loading | |
| I feel my individual needs were considered when the exercise specialist recommended my exercise (Item 1) | 0.662 |
| I am doing enough exercise to produce a positive change in my musculoskeletal pain (Item 2) | 0.605 |
| I am doing my exercise as instructed (Item 3) | 0.706 |
| I understand how my exercises will help with my musculoskeletal pain (Item 4) | 0.877 |
| I understand the consequences of not doing my exercise (Item 5) | 0.814 |
| I believe in the efficacy of exercise that has been recommended to me (Item 6) | 0.836 |
| Eigenvalue | 3.433 |
| % variance | 57.21 |
