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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2019 Aug 22;38(12):1069–1074. doi: 10.1037/hea0000784

Table 1:

Items used to estimate clinician agreement with statements reflecting domains within Weiner’s social motivation theory (Fig 1). Mean difference in agreement scores (Δ) expressed as absolute value to account for directionality of items. Confidence intervals (CI) that include zero reflect no difference in attitude between tobacco and hypertension responses. Sig = paired significance level.

Pair Item Domain |Mean Δ| 95% CI Sig
1 My advice about [smoking / hypertension] often falls on deaf ears. Causal Attribution 0.579 (0.258, 0.900) 0.001
2 Treating [smokers / hypertensives] frustrates me. Emotional Response 0.702 (0.337, 1.067) <0.001
3 Adherence issues frequently undermine the effectiveness of [smoking / hypertension] pharmacotherapy. Ownership 0.316 (−0.029, 0.660) 0.72
4 I really don’t have time to provide care for [smoking / hypertension]. Help Investment 0.474 (0.217, 0.730) <0.001
5 Sometimes [smokers / hypertensives] make me angry. Emotional Response 0.649 (0.315, 0.984) <0.001
6 I like the challenge of treating [smoking / hypertension]. Emotional Response 0.561 (−0.953, −0.170) 0.006
7 Patients [who smoke / with hypertension] frequently do not cooperate in their care. Ownership 0.018 (−0.348, 0.313) 0.916
8 I don’t understand how anyone can [smoke / ignore their blood pressure] after a diagnosis of [lung cancer / stroke]. Causal Attribution 0.649 (−1.005, −0.293) 0.001
9 I often feel a twinge of disgust when I notice that my patient [smokes / has hypertension]. Emotional Response 0.789 (0.422, 1.157) <0.001
10 I am responsible for controlling my patient’s [compulsion to smoke / uncontrolled hypertension]. Help Investment 1.316 (−1.711, −0.920) <0.001
Give 1 adjective to describe treating [tobacco dependence / hypertension] in your practice.