Table 5

Four separate regression analyses predicting each attitude factor score (n = 250)

Dependent Variables

Attitudes

Physician Discomfort/Bias

Physician Success

Positive Outcome Expectancies

Negative Outcome Expectancies

Independent Variables

Std Beta

p

Std Beta

p

Std Beta

p

Std Beta

p

Perceived Obesity Counseling Skills

Assess

-.21

.045

.29

.001

-.20

.048

-.06

.555

Advise

.06

.556

-.04

.655

.06

.569

.24

.012

Agree

-.10

.309

.31

.000

-.04

.676

-.23

.016

Assist

.04

.654

.01

.922

.18

.023

-.09

.227

Arrange

.04

.692

.03

.670

.06

.465

.06

.435

% of Obese Pts Lose Weight

-.11

.102

.11

.047

.00

.958

-.10

.106

Physician Characteristics

Female

-.03

.719

.00

.969

.08

.250

-.05

.441

Training Characteristics

Specialty: Pediatrics

-.10

.190

.00

.969

.27

.000

.08

.281

Specialty: Psychiatry

.02

.793

.03

.994

-.01

.863

-.27

.000

Yrs Since Residency

-.07

.340

.04

.664

-.22

.001

.13

.049

Practice Characteristics

Time Spent in Direct Pt Care in Public Outpatient Setting¹

.00

.998

-.06

.315

.05

.734

.01

.854

Hours/Wk See Outpatients

-.02

.757

.10

.089

.04

.563

-.02

.775

% of Pt in Practice Obese

-.00

.963

-.00

.951

-.03

.646

.11

.122

Total Variance (R²) Explained

R² = 3.7% p = .046

R² = 33.6% p < .001

R² = 9.8% p < .001

R² = 15.6% p < .001

¹ 5-point scale: 1 = No time spent, 2 = up to 25% of effort, 3 = 25% – 50% effort, 4 = 50% – 75%, 5>75% effort

Jay et al. BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:106   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-106