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Table 5 Theory of planned behavior constructs among non-vaccine prescribing clinicians (n = 59)

From: Why is announcement training more effective than conversation training for introducing HPV vaccination? A theory-based investigation

 

Pre-training

M (SD)

Post-training

M (SD)

Attitudes

 HPV vaccine is effective.

3.9 (0.9)

4.5 (0.6)*

 A clinician’s recommendation greatly increases HPV vaccination.

4.2 (0.7)

4.5 (0.7)*

Subjective norms

 HPV vaccine coverage is much lower than Tdap vaccine coverage in North Carolina.

3.8 (1.0)

4.2 (0.8)*

 Most parents think HPV vaccination is important for their 11 or 12 year olds.

3.1 (0.9)

3.3 (0.9)

Perceived behavioral controla

 When discussing HPV vaccine, I feel confident addressing parents’ concerns.

3.8 (0.6)

4.3 (0.6)*

 I know how to recommend HPV vaccine in a way that leads to vaccination.

3.7 (0.6)b

4.3 (0.6)*

  1. Note. The 5-point response scale ranged from strongly disagree (coded as 1) to strongly agree (5). Table not stratified by trial arm because they did not differ
  2. aThe items assessed self-efficacy, which is one component of perceived behavioral control
  3. bMissing data for 21 non-vaccine prescribing clinicians at pre-training due to skip pattern
  4. *p < .05