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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2013 Mar 27;35(8):986–1010. doi: 10.1177/0193945913483369

Table 5.

Effects of Health Beliefs on Calcium and Vitamin D Intake, Adjusted for Intervention Group and Follow-Up Time.

Food: M (CI)
Supplement: M (CI)
Total: M (CI)
p p p
Calcium
 Self-efficacy 4.6 [1.5, 7.7]
p = .04
5.5 [2.2, 8.8]
p < .01
10.2 [5.3, 15.0]
p < .01
 Outcome expectancy 0.0 [−2.5, 2.5]
p = .98
−0.6 [−3.4, 2.1]
p = .64
−0.5 [−4.2, 3.3]
p = .80
 Goal congruence 2.9 [−0.8, 6.7]
p = .13
0.2 [−3.0, 3.3]
p = .90
3.2 [−2.0, 8.4]
p = .22
 Osteoporosis beliefs −2.0 [−5.0, 1.0]
p = .20
4.7 [1.4, 8.1]
p = .01
2.7 [−1.7, 7.1]
p = .23
Vitamin D
 Self-efficacy 0.3 [−0.3, 1.0]
p = .31
6.0 [3.6, 8.4]
p < .01
6.8 [4.1, 9.4]
p < 01
 Outcome expectancy −0.1 [−0.7, 0.6]
p = .87
−0.2 [−2.6, 2.2]
p = .88
−0.2 [−2.8, 2.5]
p = .89
 Goal congruence 0.6 [−0.3, 1.6]
p = .21
0.7 [−2.3, 3.6]
p = .66
1.3 [−2.0, 4.7]
p = .43
 Osteoporosis beliefs −0.7 [−1.6, 0.1]
p = .09
3.0 [−0.1, 6.1]
p = .05
2.1 [−1.1, 5.3]
p = 0.20

Note: M = estimate of the mean, accounting for attrition; CI = confidence interval. Predictive effect of a 1-point change in score. Bold indicates statistically significant or approaching statistically significant differences.