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Table 5 NRT without support: 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 without support

SMC = 0.31, 95% CI: .23 to .39, p < .01. f 2 = 0.45

Perceived ineffectiveness (without support)

-.33***

-

-.33***

 

Perceived neglect of psychological aspects of smoking

-.50***

-.06***

-.56***

 

Perceived incorrect use

-

-.19***

-.19***

Perceived ineffectiveness (without support)

Perceived incorrect use

.57***

-

.57***

SMC = 0.43, 95% CI: .36 to .52, p < .01.

Perceived neglect of psychological aspects of smoking

.19***

-

.19***

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