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Table 4 Stepwise selected 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

OR

CI 2.5%/97.5%

OR

CI 2.5%/97.5%

OR

CI 2.5%/97.5%

Medical marijuana should be legal

.37

.24 / .54 ***

    

Marijuana has medicinal uses

.48

.29 / .78 **

    

Medical marijuana will hurt the war on drugs

1.25

.93 / 1.69

    

Those supporting medical marijuana are primarily interested in recreational use

1.25

.96 / 1.61

    

Knowledgeable about medical marijuana

.77

.56 / 1.05

    

Answering patient questions about drug interactions

.73

.54 / .98 *

    
 

AIC = 379.32**

    

Medical marijuana should be legal

  

.21

.10 / .38 ***

  

Concern about safety

  

.50

.25 / .95 *

  

Concern about consistency of quality

  

1.48

.94 / 2.39

  

Concern about potential addiction to marijuana

  

2.01

1.12 / 3.80 *

  

Knowledgeable about medical marijuana

  

.32

.14 / .66 **

  

Answering patient questions about efficacy

  

.41

.17 / .90 *

  

Answering patient questions about safety

  

2.41

1.08 / 6.09 *

  
   

AIC = 157.5***

  

Medical marijuana should be legal

    

.39

.30/ .51***

Medical marijuana will hurt the war on drugs

    

1.43

1.10/ 1.85**

Concern about safety

    

.67

.46/ .95*

Concern about the federal law

    

1.38

1.04/ 1.83*

Potential addiction to marijuana

    

.64

.45/ .90**

     

AIC = 414.26**

  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 utilizing stepwise deletion