Table 3

Effects of TPB variables and individual and organisation characteristics on professionals' intention to use clinical guidelines--ordinary least squares models

Overall model

Physicians model

Nurses model

Others model

Variables

B

t-test

B

t-test

B

t-test

B

t-test

Constant

0.84

2.07

*

1.15

1.26

0.98

2.03

*

1.96

1.50

Attitude

0.26

6.15

***

0.24

3.11

**

0.27

5.18

***

0.15

1.16

Subjective norm

0.34

7.13

***

0.27

2.67

**

0.33

5.71

***

0.48

3.02

**

Perceived behaviour control

0.34

5.94

***

0.45

3.82

***

0.28

3.99

***

0.35

2.03

*

Gender

-0.01

-0.09

0.01

0.05

0.09

0.38

-0.07

-0.12

Age

-0.01

-1.62

-0.01

-1.19

-0.00

-0.54

-0.03

-1.84

Primary care

0.9

0.93

-0.40

-2.34

*

0.20

1.74

0.30

0.97

KL^a

-0.32

-1.89

0.07

0.16

-0.24

-1.14

-0.71

-1.63

NS^a

-0.18

-1.11

0.45

1.10

-0.21

-1.03

-0.55

-1.33

Nurse_dummy^b

0.34

2.70

**

Physician_dummy^b

0.52

3.25

**

n

637

122

435

78

R square

0.37

0.52

0.36

0.39

Adjusted R

0.36

0.48

0.34

0.32

F

37.41

***

15.13

***

29.73

***

5.56

***

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

^a Kymenlaakso (KL) and Northern-Savo (NS) hospital districts: dummy variables, with the Central-Finland hospital district (CF) as a reference group.

^bThe other profession group was a reference group in the overall model.

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