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Table 3 Patients and physicians (or practice) characteristics associations with patients enablement (enablement = NO) in multilevel logistic regressions

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

   

Model 2

Model 3 (n = 1412)

 

n

%

OR

CI 95%

OR

CI95%

Patientsc’ characteristics

Age (ref > = 60)

  < 60

    

1.58

[1.03–2.41]

Language area (ref: German)

  French

    

1.60

[1.04–2.44]

  Italian

    

0.20

[0.06–0.65]

Longstanding disease (ref. No)

  Yes

    

1.54

[1.00–2.39]

Perceived health (ref. Very good or good)

  Fair or poor

    

1.62

[1.04–2.51]

Patient’s own doctor (ref. No)

  Yes

    

0.51

[0.26–0.98]

Recommend this doctor (ref. No)

  Yes

    

0.18

[0.08–0.44]

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

  1–4 times

    

0.37

[0.23–0.62]

  > 4 times

    

0.64

[0.36–1.13]

Physicians’ characteristics (n = 199)

GP Gender (ref. Male)

  Female

44

22.1

1.22

[0.76–1.96]

  

GP Age (ref. < 56)

  > = 56

  

0.90

[0.60–1.34]

Practice area (ref: Urban)

  Rural area

95

48.2

1.13

[0.75–1.71]

Group practice (ref. No)

  Yes

104

52.3

1.07

[0.71–1.61]

GP as unique activity (ref. No)

    

  Yes

67

33.7

1.07

[0.70–1.64]

  

Consultation’s length (ref. < 20 min)

   

-

  > = 20 min

  

1.03

[0.66–1.60]

  

Weekly workload (ref. < 47 h)

    

  > = 47 h

  

0.81

[0.53–1.22]

  

Effort reward imbalance exposure (ref. No)

  Yes

70

31.3

0.63

[0.40–0.99]

0.64

[0.41–1.00]

Other paramedical disciplines in the practice (ref. No)

  Yes

25

12.6

1.51

[0.90–2.52]

  

Practice Variance*

    

0.04

 
  1. Models 2: Physicians’ characteristics separately adjusted with patients characteristics in final model 1- Model 3: Multivariate final model including patients and physicians characteristics
  2. *Explained variance at the practice level