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. 2010 Feb 18;10:77. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-77

Table 5.

The predictors of confidence scale and adherence scale

Confidence scale
Mean ± SD
P value Adherence scale
Mean ± SD
P value
Age 0.330 0.014*
 27-39 16.06 ± 3.89 16.56 ± 3.80
 40-59 16.46 ± 3.26 17.19 ± 4.32
 60-87 16.12 ± 3.04 18.14 ± 4.87
Specialty 0.046* 0.429
 Family medicine 16.36 ± 3.24 16.96 ± 4.35
 Internal medicine 15.74 ± 3.45 17.13 ± 4.09
 Psychiatric 16.89 ± 3.08 16.72 ± 3.43
 Others 16.71 ± 3.07 17.62 ± 4.40
Contracted with the BHP < 0.001* < 0.001*
 Yes 16.83 ± 3.12 18.18 ± 3.92
 No 15.07 ± 3.17 14.84 ± 4.39

Abbreviations: BHP, Bureau of Health Promotion

* P < 0.05