Model to Predict Healthcare Behaviors: Comparison of a Chilean and Mexican Sample
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics and Comparison between Groups
3.2. Association among Variables of Interest
3.3. Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Chile | Mexico | Test to Compare Groups | Effect Size |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 2 = 37.346; p < 0.001 | V = 0.238 | ||
Women | 85.4% | 64.9% | ||
Men | 14.6% | 35.1% | ||
Age | 31.02 (7.46) | 32.89 (14.63) | t = −2.044; p < 0.05 | D = −0.12 |
Marital status | 2 = 50.427; p < 0.001 | V = 0.27 | ||
Single | 29.9% | 50.5% | ||
Married | 44.7% | 33.5% | ||
Widow/widower | 0.9% | 2.8% | ||
Divorced | 0.9% | 3.4% | ||
Separated | 1.8% | 1.6% | ||
Living together | 21.8% | 8.2% | ||
Social class | 2 = 17.917; p < 0.01 | V = 0.16 | ||
Low class | 9.2% | 3.2% | ||
Lower-middle class | 19.7% | 16.1% | ||
Middle class | 51.7% | 64.9% | ||
Upper-middle class | 16.9% | 14.9% | ||
Upper class | 2.5% | 0.9% | ||
Educational level | 2 = 21.238; p <0.001 | V = 0.17 | ||
Less than high school (until 12 years old) | 43% | 56% | ||
University degree | 47.8% | 41.8% | ||
Postgraduate degree | 9.2% | 2.2% |
Negative Beliefs about Physicians | Perception of Mistreatment in Health | Anger | Anxiety | Sadness | Demotivation | Delay Medical Care | Refuse Help of Healthcare Providers | |
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Negative beliefs about physicians | - | |||||||
Perception of mistreatment in health | 0.421 *** | - | ||||||
Anger | 0.249 *** | 0.494 *** | - | |||||
Anxiety | 0.187 *** | 0.403 *** | 0.615 *** | - | ||||
Sadness | 0.275 *** | 0.473 *** | 0.732 *** | 0.636 *** | - | |||
Demotivation | 0.307 *** | 0.417 *** | 0.425 *** | 0.355 *** | 0.405 *** | - | ||
Delay medical care | 0.248 *** | 0.402 *** | 0.329 *** | 0.286 *** | 0.338 *** | 0.676 *** | - | |
Refuse help of healthcare providers | 0.291 *** | 0.403 *** | 0.356 *** | 0.299 *** | 0.380 *** | 0.577 *** | 0.606 *** | - |
Step | Model | gl | p | RMSEA (IC) | CFI | TLI | SRMR | (SB) | ∆ gl | ∆CFI | |
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1 | Configural model | 23.47 | 30 | 0.80 | 0.000 (0.00–0.04) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.02 | - | - | - |
2 | Measurement equivalence | 32.39 | 34 | 0.55 | 0.000 (0.00–0.04) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.03 | 8.92 | 4 | 0.00 |
3 | Structural equivalence | 51.63 | 35 | <0.05 | 0.042 (0.01–0.07) | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.07 | 19.24 | 1 | 0.01 |
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Baeza-Rivera, M.J.; Salinas-Oñate, N.; Gómez-Pérez, D.; Díaz-Loving, R.; Ortiz, M.S. Model to Predict Healthcare Behaviors: Comparison of a Chilean and Mexican Sample. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10067. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610067
Baeza-Rivera MJ, Salinas-Oñate N, Gómez-Pérez D, Díaz-Loving R, Ortiz MS. Model to Predict Healthcare Behaviors: Comparison of a Chilean and Mexican Sample. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):10067. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610067
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaeza-Rivera, María José, Natalia Salinas-Oñate, Daniela Gómez-Pérez, Rolando Díaz-Loving, and Manuel S. Ortiz. 2022. "Model to Predict Healthcare Behaviors: Comparison of a Chilean and Mexican Sample" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 10067. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610067