Examining health literacy and self-efficacy levels and their association with preventive behaviors of urinary tract infection in Iranian pregnant women: across sectional study

Table 5 Summary of Hierarchical Regression analysis for variables predicting UTI prevention Behavior

Determinants (n = 238)	Step 1		Step 2		Step 3
	Beta	t	Beta	t	Beta	t
Constant		3.13***		2.81**		1.7*
Mean Age	-0.17	-2.21*	-0.16	-2.02*	-0.15	-1.81
Gestational age	-0.09	-1.32	-0.06	-1.11	-0.04	-0.80
Women Education Level	0.22	2.36*	0.20	2.32*	0.19	2.23*
Spouse’s education level	0.20	2.26*	0.18	2.20*	0.16	2.01*
Women’s Employment Status	-0.11	-1.40	-0.09	-1.35	-0.06	− 0.1.12
Spouse’s Employment Status	0.07	1.12	0.05	1.02	0.03	72
BMI	-0.12	-1.40	0.09	1.27	0.06	0.95
Family Income	0.20	2.26*	0.17	2.18*	0.15	2.04
History of pre-pregnancy UTI	-0.13	-1.42	-0.12	1.38	-0.09	-1.13
Vomiting in pregnancy	0.03	0.52	0.03	0.51	0.02	0.32
Self-efficacy			0.19	2.52**	0.17	2.37**
Health literacy skills
Numerical ability					0.29	3.82**
Reading comprehension					0.42	5.61***
R²	0.20		0.41		0.71
R² Changes	0.18		0.28		0.39
F	3.94		5.75		7.35
P	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001

The β values are called regression weights and are computed in a way that minimizes the sum of squared; Dependent Variable: prevention Behavior; *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05

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