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Table 4 NRT: direct, indirect, and total effects on beliefs and intentions

From: General practitioners' beliefs about effectiveness and intentions to prescribe smoking cessation medications: qualitative and quantitative studies

Outcome variable

Predictor variable

Effects a

  

Direct

Indirect

Total

Intention to prescribe NRT

SMC = 0.19, 95% CI: .12 to .27, p < .01.

f 2 = 0.23

Perceived effectiveness

.36***

.12***

.48***

 

Perceived cost-effectiveness

.18 ***

-

.18***

Perceived cost-effectiveness

SMC = 0.33, 95% CI: .23 to .43, p < .01.

Perceived effectiveness

.68***

-

.68***

  1. Notes: aunstandardised coefficients, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.