Table 2.

Summary of multiple regression analyses for variables predicting perceived likelihood, perceived efficacy, concern and knowledge of symptoms

Predictor	Perceived likelihood			Perceived efficacy			Concern			Knowledge of symptoms
b	p	95% CI	b	p	95% CI	b	p	95% CI	b	p	95% CI
Sexa	−0.49	0.04*	−0.96, −0.01	−0.2	0.19	−0.48, 0.1	0.25	0.31	−0.24, 0.73	0.11	0.76	−0.59, 0.81
Working positionb	−0.19	0.43	−0.66, 0.28	−0.09	0.54	−0.38, 0.2	0.07	0.78	−0.41, 0.55	−1.32	0.01**	−2.02, −0.64
Perceived transmission	0.33	0.01**	0.18, 0.49	0.001	0.98	−0.09, 0.1	0.02	0.18	−0.14, 0.18	−0.14	0.22	−0.37, 0.09
CO colleagues	0.05	0.86	−0.43, 0.52	−0.18	0.23	−0.47, 0.11	0.23	0.35	−0.26, 0.72	0.25	0.49	−0.46, 0.95
CO local population	−0.09	0.51	−0.38, 0.19	−0.07	0.43	−0.24, 0.11	−0.04	0.79	−0.33, 0.25	−0.12	0.56	−0.54, 0.29
Sexa CO colleagues	−0.66	0.04*	−1.28, −0.05	−0.58	0.01**	−0.96, −0.2	0.09	0.79	−0.55, 0.72	0.48	0.3	−0.44, 1.4
Sexa CO local	0.15	0.46	−0.25, 0.54	0.05	0.73	−0.21, 0.3	−0.37	0.07†	−0.77, 0.04	−0.03	0.93	−0.61, 0.55
Positiona CO colleagues	−0.06	0.83	−0.64, 0.52	0.51	0.01**	0.16, 0.87	−0.33	0.27	−0.93, 0.26	−0.05	0.91	−0.92, 0.82
Positiona CO local	−0.24	0.22	−0.64, 0.15	0.16	0.2	−0.09, 0.41	−0.21	0.31	−0.61, 0.19	0.59	0.05*	0.01, 1.18
% of variance explained by model	22.7			17.3			7.1			12

CI, confidence interval; CO, comparative optimism.

*p <0.05; †p = 0.07.

**p = 0.01

^aMale coded 0, female coded 1.

^bMedical coded 0, nonmedical coded 1.