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Table 5 Standardized direct and indirect effects on the likelihood of an FOBT uptake

From: Likelihood of a fecal occult blood test uptake among older adults: comparisons between health professionals and healthcare volunteers based on the health belief model

 

All, β (95% CI)

Professionals, β (95% CI)

Volunteers, β (95% CI)

Direct

Indirect

Total

Direct

Indirect

Total

Direct

Indirect

Total

Susceptibility

.02 (−.08, .10)

−.02 (−.08, .03)

.00 (−.11, .10)

.01 (−.10, .13)

.00 (−.07, .06)

.01 (−.11, .14)

.01 (−.12, .15)

−.03 (−.13, .06)

−.02 (−.18, .14)

Severity

.08 (−.02, .20)

.08* (.01, .18)

.16* (.01, .33)

.14 (−.04, .34)

.08* (.01, .20)

.22* (.02, .46)

.03 (−.11, .17)

.05 (−.05, .20)

.08 (−.11, .27)

Benefits

.21** (.10, .36)

.09** (.03, .18)

.30** (.16, .48)

.21** (.06, .41)

.10** (.03, .24)

.31** (.11, .54)

.17* (.03, .37)

.12* (.01, .24)

.29** (.13, .51)

Barriers

−.03 (−.15, .08)

−.16** (−.27, −.09)

−.19** (−.33, −.08)

−.13* (−.29, −.01)

−.12** (−.27, −.04)

−.25** (−.46, −.11)

.07 (−.10, .27)

−.22** (−.40, −.11)

−.15 (−.34, .03)

Cues to action

−.04 (−.17, .09)

−.04 (−.17, .09)

−.06 (−.29, .11)

−.06 (−.29, .11)

−.01 (−.19, .16)

−.01 (−.19, .16)

Self-efficacy

.53** (.35, .69)

.53** (.35, .69)

.44** (.24, .69)

.44** (.24, .69)

.66** (.41, .83)

.66** (.41, .83)

  1. Gender was controlled for in the models
  2. Abbreviations: β standardized regression weights, CI confidence interval
  3. *p < .05, **p < .01