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Table 3 Attitudinal factors associated with physicians beliefs, concerns, and perceived knowledge regarding Ohio’s medical marijuana program

From: Ohio physician attitudes toward medical Cannabis and Ohio’s medical marijuana program

 

Likely To Recommend

n = 314

Intention To Be Certified

n = 314

Opinion toward Ohio’s Program

n = 274

Beliefs About Medical Marijuana Strongly Agree-Strongly Disagree

OR

CI 2.5%/97.5%

OR

CI 2.5%/97.5%

OR

CI 2.5%/97.5%

Medical marijuana should be legal

.43

.26 / .67 ***

.32

.12 / .72 *

.42

.28/ .63***

Medical marijuana is safe when used responsibly

.90

.56 / 1.44

.84

.34 / 1.87

.82

.56/ 1.20

Marijuana has medicinal uses

.48

.28 / .78 **

.99

.45 / 2.04

1.05

.71/ 1.54

Medical marijuana will increase crime rates

1.19

.81 / 1.74

1.56

.86 / 3.04

1.25

.90/ 1.75

Medical marijuana will hurt the war on drugs

1.13

.80 / 1.59

.67

.41 / 1.17

1.26

.93/ 1.70

Those supporting medical marijuana are primarily interested in recreational use

1.12

.87 / 1.45

.99

.70 / 1.40

.96

.75/ 1.23

Marijuana is harmful to people

1.26

.93 / 1.71

1.27

.86 / 1.90

1.50

1.12/ 2.00**

 

AIC = 410.74**

AIC = 197.65***

AIC = 441.86***

Concerns About MarijuanaNot Concerned To Extremely Concerned

 Safety

.72

.48 / 1.08

.44

.24 / .80 **

.61

.42/ .90**

 Consistency of quality

1.48

1.08 / 2.04 *

1.59

1.04 / 2.46 *

1.46

1.07/ 2.00*

 Concern about the federal law

1.04

.78 / 1.38

1.17

.79 / 1.74

1.31

1.00/ 1.71*

 Concern about psychoactive effect

.52

.35 / .79 **

.82

.46 / 1.44

.60

.40/ .88**

 Limited evidence of therapeutic benefits

.39

.28 / .53 ***

.44

.27 / .69 ***

.50

.37/ .67***

 Potential addiction to marijuana

.88

.61 / 1.26

1.08

.63 / 1.88

.57

.40/ .80***

 

AIC = 480.69***

AIC = 216.45***

AIC = 490.76***

Perceived Knowledge About Medical MarijuanaStrongly Agree-Strongly Disagree

 Knowledgeable about medical marijuana

.83

.61 / 1.12

.58

.32 / .99

.89

.67/ 1.18

 Answering patient questions about efficacy

1.07

.75 / 1.52

.57

.30 / 1.08

1.25

.90/ 1.74

 Answering patient questions about safety

.93

.69 / 1.26

1.25

.68 / 2.31

.88

.66/ 1.17

 Answering patient questions about drug interactions

.89

.70 / 1.12

1.08

.76 / 1.50

.96

.77/ 1.21

 

AIC = 626.01

AIC = 237.47***

AIC = 667.00

  1. P-Value * < = .05 P-Value ** < = .01 P-Value *** < = .001
  2. OR = odds ratios, 95% CI = confidence interval, AIC = Akaike’s information criterion obtained from ordinal and logistic regressions
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