Likelihood of a fecal occult blood test uptake among older adults: comparisons between health professionals and healthcare volunteers based on the health belief model

Table 4 Standardized structural coefficients of structured models

Paths	All (R² = .45, 95% CI = .33–.55)				Health professionals (R² = .44, 95% CI = .26–.58)				Healthcare volunteers (R² = .50, 95% CI = .30–.66)
Paths	β	L	U	Result	β	L	U	Result	β	L	U	Result
Susceptibility → Likelihood of an FOBT uptake	.02	−.08	.10	NS	.01	−.10	.13	NS	.01	−.12	.15	NS
Severity → Likelihood of an FOBT uptake	.08	−.02	.20	NS	.14	−.04	.34	NS	.03	−.11	.17	NS
Benefits → Likelihood of an FOBT uptake	.21^**	.10	.36	S	.21^**	.06	.41	S	.17^*	.02	.37	S
Barriers → Likelihood of an FOBT uptake	−.03	−.15	.08	NS	−.13^*	−.29	−.01	S	.07	−.10	.27	NS
Cues to action → Likelihood of an FOBT uptake	−.04	−.17	.09	NS	−.06	−.29	.11	NS	−.01	−.19	.16	NS
Self-efficacy → Likelihood of an FOBT uptake	.53^**	.35	.69	S	.44^**	.24	.69	S	.66^**	.41	.83	S
Susceptibility → Cues to action	.05	−.05	.15	NS	.05	−.13	.21	NS	.06	−.08	.22	NS
Severity → Cues to action	.11	−.04	.25	NS	.14	−.05	.33	NS	.09	−.09	.33	NS
Benefits → Cues to action	.15^*	.03	.29	S	.08	−.11	.30	NS	.25^**	.11	.41	S
Barriers → Cues to action	−.26^**	−.41	−.12	S	−.30^**	−.51	−.10	S	−.23^*	−.42	−.04	S
Susceptibility → Self-efficacy	−.04	−.13	.06	NS	.00	−.16	.14	NS	−.05	−.18	.10	NS
Severity → Self-efficacy	.15^*	.02	.32	S	.21^*	.03	.41	S	.07	−.09	.28	NS
Benefits → Self-efficacy	.19^**	.06	.34	S	.23^**	.07	.45	S	.18^*	.01	.36	S
Barriers → Self-efficacy	−.32^**	−.46	−.19	S	−.32^**	−.52	−.18	S	−.33^**	−.54	−.13	S

Gender was controlled for in the models
Abbreviations: β standardized regression weights, CI confidence interval, L lower limit of 95% CI, U upper limit of 95% CI, S supported, NS not supported
^*p < .05, ^**p < .01

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