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Table 3 Multivariate analyses of decision regret – Ordinal logistic regression models

From: More primary care patients regret health decisions if they experienced decisional conflict in the consultation: a secondary analysis of a multicenter descriptive study

Characteristics

Full model

Final modela

OR

95 % CI

p-value

OR

95 % CI

p-value

Patients

Gender

  Men

0.99

0.54–1.80

0.96

   

  Women

1.00

Age

  <40 years

0.58

0.29–1.15

0.12

0.63

0.34–1.18

0.15

  40–60

0.42

0.21–0.84

0.01

0.47

0.25–0.88

0.02

  >60 years

1.00

  

1.00

  

Marital status

      

  Alone

0.94

0.54–1.67

0.84

   

  In couple

1.00

Education

      

  Secondary or none

1.52

0.77–3.00

0.23

1.96

1.06–3.66

0.03

  College/Professional degree

1.77

0.91–3.45

0.09

1.86

0.98–3.54

0.06

  University degree

1.00

  

1.00

  

Decisional conflict

      

  Score ≤25

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Score >25

3.22

1.60–6.46

0.001

3.42

1.79–6.52

0.0002

Physical health

      

  Score ≤36

1.51

0.69–3.29

0.30

   

  36< score ≤48

1.43

0.68–3.02

0.34

  48< score ≤54

1.15

0.55–2.41

0.71

  Score >54

1.00

  

Mental health

  Score ≤43

2.11

0.96–4.67

0.06

   

  43< score ≤51

2.08

0.98–4.40

0.05

  51< score ≤58

1.68

0.78–3.62

0.18

  Score >58

1.00

  

Physicians

Gender

  Men

1.78

1.00–3.20

0.05

1.78

1.05–3.01

0.03

  Women

1.00

  

1.00

Age

  <31 years

0.69

0.28–1.67

0.41

   

  31–41 years

0.96

0.47–1.97

0.91

  ≥41 years

1.00

  

Professional status

  Residents

2.56

1.22–5.49

0.01

1.72

1.02–2.90

0.04

  Teachers

1.00

  

1.00

 

Consultation

Type of decision

  Treatment

0.74

0.40–1.37

0.34

   

  Diagnostic

1.27

0.64–2.55

0.49

  Follow-up

1.00

  

Length

  Duration ≤21 min

1.39

0.70–2.79

0.35

   

  21< duration ≤34 min

1.36

0.70–2.64

0.37

  Duration >34 min

1.00

  

OPTION- 3rd observer

  Score ≤25

1.03

0.60–1.75

0.93

   

  Score >25

1.00

  
  1. aVariables that were significant in any of the three stepwise regressions (backward, forward, stepwise) were retained for the final adjusted model