Table 2.

SEM analysis of healthcare professionals’ intention to use mobile phone short message service and its predictors for adherence support and care of patients with tuberculosis infection in a resource-limited setting

Path	Hypothesis	Β	E	CR	P value	95% CI		Decision
						Lower	Upper
PE → BI	H1	0.002	0.041	0.055	0.980	−0.088	0.094	Not supported
PE→ ATT	H2	0.076	0.044	1.70	0.109	−0.017	0.170	Not supported
EE → BI	H3	0.329	0.048	6.583	0.000*	0.233	0.433	Supported
EE→ ATT	H4	0.162	0.050	3.229	0.001†	0.061	0.270	Supported
SI → BI	H5	−0.030	0.030	−1.002	0.318	−0.086	0.028	Not supported
SI→ ATT	H6	0.015	0.032	0.475	0.610	−0.044	0.075	Not supported
FC → BI	H7	0.104	0.039	2.649	0.011†	0.025	0.191	Supported
FC→ ATT	H8	0.055	0.041	1.317	0.184	−0.026	0.140	Not supported
ATT → BI	H9	0.268	0.054	4.956	0.001†	0.163	0.373	Supported

β: estimate.

*P value<0.001.

†P value<0.01.

ATT, attitude; BI, behavioural intention; CR, critical ratio; EE, effort expectancy; FC, facilitating condition; PE, performance expectancy; SEM, structural equation modelling; SI, social influence.