Table 3 Characteristics of the problem and main emphasis in the consultation; immediate versus gradual decision-making
From: GPs´ decision-making - perceiving the patient as a person or a disease
Odds ratio | Confidence interval (95%) | |
|---|---|---|
Somatic problem only, emphasis given to symptoms | 1.00, ref | |
Somatic problem only, emphasis given to symptoms and person | 0.59 | 0.31-1.09 |
Somatic and psychosocial problem, emphasis given to symptom | 0.36 | 0.13-1.02 |
Somatic and psychosocial problem, emphasis given to symptom and person | 0.26 | 0.13-0.53 |
Somatic and psychosocial problem, emphasis given to person | 0.99 | 0.39-2.54 |
Psychosocial problem only, emphasis given to person | 1.77 | 0.45-6.86 |