Effect of Nutrition Education Based on Health Belief Model on Nutritional Knowledge and Dietary Practice of Pregnant Women in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

Table 5

Correlation of Health Belief Model constructs with dietary practice and nutritional knowledge of pregnant women in Dessie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2017 GC ().

Variables	Perceived susceptibility	Perceived severity	Perceived benefits	Perceived barriers	Perceived self-efficacy	Dietary practice	Nutritional knowledge
Perceived susceptibility	1
Perceived severity	0.900	1
	P < 0.001
Perceived benefits	0.741	0.657	1
	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Perceived barriers	−0.795	−0.687	0.770	1
	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Perceived self-efficacy	0.628	0.628	0.919	−0.601	1
	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Dietary practice	0.588	0.608	0.342	−0.412	0.253	1
	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P = 0.36
Nutritional knowledge	0.427	0.424	0.214	−0.300	0.149	0.419	1
	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P = 0.077	P = 0.012	P = 0.221	P < 0.001