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Table 2 Patient characteristics associated with enablement (enablement = NO), in multilevel logistic regression

From: Coping better with health problems after a visit to the family physician: associations with patients and physicians characteristics

   

Univariate analyses

Multivariate analyses (model 1, n = 1428)

 

n

%

OR

CI 95%

OR

CI 95%

Gender (ref Female)

Male

629

43.0

1.39

[0.95–2.03]

1.26

[0.85–1.88]

Age (ref > = 60)

 < 60

736

50.3

1.66

[1.13–2.45]

1.64

[1.06–2.51]

Language area (ref: German)

French

423

28.9

1.89

[1.29–2.77]

1.67

[1.10–2.55]

Italian

183

12.5

0.21

[0.06–0.66]

0.22

[0.07–0.74]

Job status (ref. Employed, retired, student)

Job seeking or invalidity

136

9.3

2.01

[1.18–3.41]

Country of birth (ref: Switzerland)

Other

378

25.8

0.85

[0.54–1.33]

Education level (ref: No qualification)

Upper secondary

754

45.8

1.02

[0.67–1.56]

Post secondary

251

17.1

0.80

[0.44–1.45]

Income around average (ref: Around average)

Below average

207

14.1

1.50

[0.90–2.49]

1.11

[0.64–1.92]

Above average

165

11.3

1.85

[1.10–3.13]

1.80

[1.04–3.12]

Main reason of the visit (ref: Other)

     

Ill or did not feeling well

558

38.1

1.00

[0.67–1.47]

  

Longstanding disease (ref. No)

Yes

656

44.8

1.47

[1.00–2.16]

1.58

[1.02–2.46]

Perceived health (ref. Very good or good)

Fair or poor

480

32.8

1.73

[1.18–2.55]

1.67

[1.07–2.62]

Patient’s own doctor (ref. No)

Yes

1359

93.7

0.48

[0.26–0.91]

0.57

[0.30–1.11]

Recommend this doctor (ref. No)

Yes

1432

97.9

0.20

[0.08–0.46]

0.21

[0.09–0.50]

Number of visits in the last 6 months (ref: 0)

1–4 times

839

57.3

0.40

[0.25–0.65]

0.37

[0.22–0.61]

  > 4 times

354

24.2

0.80

[0.48–1.34]

0.60

[0.34–1.06]

Practice variance*

    

0.07

 
  1. *Explained variance at the practice level