Variation in the psychosocial determinants of the intention to prescribe hormone therapy prior to the release of the Women's Health Initiative trial: a survey of general practitioners and gynaecologists in France and Quebec

Table 2 Means and standard deviation (SD) of the psychosocial variables by medical specialty and by country

	Quebec		France
Psychosocial constructs	General Practitioners n = 334	Gynaecologists n = 130	General Practitioners n = 425	Gynaecologists n = 586
Intention	0.030 ± 2.121	0.642 ± 2.086*	-0.195 ± 2.216	0.556 ± 2.083**
Attitude	0.450 ± 1.456	0.951 ± 1.456**	0.265 ± 1.678	0.847 ± 1.492**
Subjective norm	0.026 ± 1.626	0.594 ± 1.641**	-0.220 ± 1.621	0.316 ± 1.665**
Perceived behavioural control	0.053 ± 1.800	0.740 ± 1.721**	-0.254 ± 1.929	0.560 ± 1.921**
Role belief	0.180 ± 1.809	0.535 ± 1.706	0.102 ± 1.821	0.521 ± 1.729**
Moral norm	0.585 ± 1.771	1.269 ± 1.671**	0.281 ± 2.037	0.963 ± 1.784**
Power of control beliefs	0.195 ± 1.960	0.614 ± 1.974	-0.041 ± 2.143	0.607 ± 2.057**
Behavioural beliefs	1.301 ± 0.975	1.525 ± 0.965	1.374 ± 1.061	1.963 ± 0.819**^¶
Normative beliefs	0.438 ± 1.396	0.506 ± 1.223	0.287 ± 1.445	0.615 ± 1.270**

Statistical significance given after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons:
* p < 0.05 between General practitioners and Gynaecologists for each country
** p < 0.01 between General practitioners and Gynaecologists for each country
^¶ p < 0.01 between Gynaecologists between countries

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