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Table 1 Health beliefs and intention to quit smoking among current smokers and recent quitters

From: Functional beliefs and risk minimizing beliefs among Thai healthcare workers in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital: its association with intention to quit tobacco and alcohol

Beliefs

Loading Factor

% Agree

Mean Level of Agreement

df, test value

p-value

No Intention to Quit (77)

Intend to Quit in >6 Months (49)

Intend to Quit in <6 Months (15)

Intend to Quit in 1 Month (26)

Recent Quitters

(20)

Factor 1 Functional (α = 0.95)

You enjoy smoking too much to give it up.

0.88

12.3

2.6

2.3

2.9

1.8

1.5

4, 22.9

<0.01

Smoking calms you down when you are stressed or upset.

0.77

33.7

3.1

3.0

3.5

2.5

2.0

4, 18.1

0.01

Smoking helps you concentrate better.

0.91

13.9

2.6

2.3

2.9

1.7

1.8

4, 18.2

<0.01

Smoking is an important part of your life.

0.87

9.6

2.5

2.0

2.6

1.3

1.5

4, 30.6

<0.01

Smoking makes it easier for you to socialize.

0.78

8.0

2.3

1.7

2.3

1.3

1.6

4,18.5

<0.01

Factor 2 Risk Minimizing (α = 0.88)

The medical evidence that smoking is harmful is exaggerated.

0.82

43.8

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.4

2.3

4, 8.81

0.06

Smoking is no riskier than lots of other things that people do.

0.81

19.8

2.8

2.5

2.6

2.0

2.0

4, 11.1

0.03

You must die of something, so why not enjoy yourself and smoke.

0.56

15.0

2.6

2.3

2.5

1.9

1.9

4, 8.96

0.06

I think I must have the sort of good genes that means I can smoke without getting any harm.

0.57

9.6

2.4

2.1

2.9

1.7

1.6

4, 17.7

<0.01

  1. Agreement scores ranged from 1 to 5. A score of 5 indicated that the participant totally agreed with the statement, a score of 4 indicated that the participant somewhat agreed with the statement, a score of 3 reflected that the participant was unsure about the statement, a score of 2 and a score of 1 indicated that the participant somewhat disagree and totally disagree with the statement respectively. df = degree of freedom, Test statistic and p-value obtained from Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-population rank test