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Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Nov 30;80(1):130–134. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.012

Table 4.

Factors influencing telephone outreach.^a.

Variable	B	β	R ²	R² change	Test of significance
Step 1			0.229	0.229	F = 86.294^***
Dose of counseling	−.117	−.460^***
Step 2			0.291	0.062	F = 16.727^***
Age	.000	.008
Gender	−.016	−.065
Years of education	.002	.038
Employment	−.042	−.165^**
Health insurance	−.013	−.051
Years of residence in US	.003	.177^**
Step 3			0.301	0.010	F = 12.149^***
Years of HBP	−.002	−.076
Family history	.019	.067
Comorbidity	−.009	−.024

A multiple hierarchical regression model was used (N= 350 after removing 10 participants with extreme values). The dose of counseling was coded as 0 = LI and 1 = MI; gender was coded as 0 = male and 1 = female; employment was coded as 0 = unemployed and 1 = employed (full- or part-time); health insurance was coded as 0 = no insurance and 1 = yes; family history was coded as 0 = no and 1 = yes; comorbidity was coded as 0 = no comorbidity and 1 = yes.

^**

p≤0.01.

^***

p ≤ 0.001