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

Table 6 Bupropion: direct, indirect, and total effects on beliefs and intentions

Outcome variable	Predictor variable	Effects ^a
		Direct	Indirect	Total
Intention to prescribe bupropion SMC = 0.37, 95% CI: .29 to .45, p < .01. f ² = 0.59	Perceived effectiveness	.19***	.14***	.32***
	Perceived cost-effectiveness	.22***	-	.22***
	Concerns about side-effects	-.30***	-	-.30***
	Perceived danger	-.13**	-17***	-.31**
Perceived cost-effectiveness SMC = 0.33, 95% CI: .22 to .44, p < .01.	Perceived effectiveness	.61***	-	.61***
Concerns about side-effects SMC = 0.30, 95% CI: .22 to .38, p < .01.	Perceived danger	.58***	-	.58***

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