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. f2 = 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***


Notes: a unstandardised coefficients, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.

Vogt et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:277   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-277

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