Mediators of screening uptake in a colorectal cancer screening intervention among Hispanics

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Total, direct and indirect effects of the intervention on screening outcome

Screening uptake
	Coefficient (SE)^a, p-value	Relative measures
Model 1
Total effect	2.457 (0.131),<0.001
Direct effect	1.709 (0.237),<0.001	0.696
Indirect effect	0.748 (0.197),<0.001	0.304
Via Knowledge	−0.077 (0.03),0.009	−0.031
Via Psychosocial score	0.785 (0.194),<0.001	0.319
Via Knowledge & Psychosocial score	0.041 (0.014),0.003	0.017
Model 2
Total effect	2.445 (0.138),<.001
Direct effect	2.153 (0.174),<.001	0.881
Indirect effect	0.292 (0.102),0.004	0.119
Via Fatalism	0.072 (0.026),0.046	0.029
Via Knowledge	−0.053 (0.026),0.045	−0.022
Via Self efficacy	0.273 (0.096),0.004	0.112

Model 1: Path analysis with overall psychosocial health construct (benefits, barriers, susceptibility, self-efficacy and fatalism)
Model 2: Path analysis with individual psychosocial construct scores
Some significant variables such as health status, education, doctor recommended were also included in the model 1 while age, gender, health status, education, doctor recommended, heard of colorectal cancer, years in US, and family history of cancer were included in different parts of model 2
SE Standard Error
^aUnstandardized regression coefficient

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