Effect of guided counseling on nutritional status of pregnant women in West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Correlation of the health belief model and the theory of planned behavior constructs with knowledge, dietary practice and MUAC of pregnant women in West Gojjam Zones

	Intervention	Behavioral control	Subjective norms	Perceived severity	Perceived benefit	perceived barrier	Perceived susceptibility	Intention	Attitude	Knowledge	Dietary practice	MUAC
Intervention	1
Behavioral control	.389^**	1
Behavioral control	.000
Subjective norms	.312^**	.700^**	1
Subjective norms	.000	.000
Perceived severity	.274^**	.480^**	.442^**	1
Perceived severity	.000	.000	.000
Perceived benefit	.470^**	.565^**	.542^**	.611^**	1
Perceived benefit	.000	.000	.000	.000
Perceived barrier	.059	.003	.006	.050	.063	1
Perceived barrier	.129	.937	.879	.205	.109
Perceived susceptibility	.440^**	.601^**	.568^**	.682^**	.822^**	.039	1
Perceived susceptibility	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.324
Intention	.421^**	.711^**	.644^**	.526^**	.629^**	−.014	.658^**	1
Intention	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.722	.000
Attitude	.543^**	.586^**	.532^**	.467^**	.672^**	−.032	.672^**	.667^**	1
Attitude	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.416	.000	.000
Knowledge	.522^**	.458^**	.466^**	.412^**	.572^**	.022	.524^**	.558^**	.679^**	1
Knowledge	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.582	.000	.000	.000
Dietary practice	.307^**	.296^**	.272^**	.221^**	.263^**	−.073	.312^**	.314^**	.328^**	.397^**	1
Dietary practice	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.060	.000	.000	.000	.000
MUAC	.168^**	.119^**	.144^**	.130^**	.167^**	.037	.213^**	.137^**	.193^**	.273^**	.198^**	1
MUAC	.000	.002	.000	.001	.000	.345	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

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