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Table 1 Number of items and internal consistency of the determinants

From: Implementation of a guideline for local health policy making by regional health services: exploring determinants of use by a web survey

Determinants

Potential score

Number of items

Cronbach’s alpha

Person

 Outcome expectancy

1 (low) - 5 (high)

14

0.90

 Self-efficacy (A)

1 (low) - 5 (high)

1

 

 Self-efficacy (B)

1 (low) - 5 (high)

1

 

 Task responsibility

1 (low) - 5 (high)

3

0.70

 Usability of guideline

1 (low) - 5 (high)

19

0.89

Organization

 Encouragement of guideline use

1 (low) - 5 (high)

3

0.73

 Organizational readiness

1 (low) - 5 (high)

6

0.61

 Peer influence (peer support to use the guideline)

1 (low) - 5 (high)

4

0.68

 Peer interaction (amount of meeting types in which guideline is addressed)

0–8

8

0.68

 Participative adoption decision

yes vs no

2

1.0

Social and administrative legitimacy

 Legitimacy of the guideline

1 (low) - 5 (high)

9

0.63

Background variables

 Organization type

urban vs regional RHS

1

 

 Health promotion dept.

within RHS vs not within RHS

1

 

 Research dept.

within RHS vs not within RHS

1

 

 Imago of RHS

1–5 (positive imago)

2

0.74

 RHS orientation

1 (project oriented) - 5 (policy oriented)

1

 

 Professional occupation

health promoter vs policy advisor

1

 

 Work experience

number of years

1

 

 Work pressure

1 (too low) - 5 (too high)

1

 

 Knowledge of guideline

 

7

0.65

 Subjectively

0–2 (knowledge of availability and concept)

2

0.60

 Objectively

0–5 (knowledge of content)

5

0.80