46 groups of conditions (N = 572) | 15 chapters of the ICPC-2 (N = 585) | ||||||
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No | Yes | p-value | No | Yes | p-value | ||
Patient-related variables | |||||||
No. of chronic conditions+ | 3, N (%) | 31 (12) | 59 (18.8) | 0.06 | 26 (12.3) | 66 (17.7) | 0.20 |
4 or 5 | 121 (46.9) | 125 (39.8) | 98 (46.2) | 154 (41.3) | |||
6 or more | 106 (41.1) | 130 (41.4) | 88 (41.5) | 153 (41) | |||
Age++ | Mean, years (SD) | 73.1 (12.1) | 71.5 (12.3) | 0.11 | 73 (11.5) | 71.9 (12.7) | 0.28 |
Sex+ | Male, N (%) | 117 (45.3) | 144 (45.9) | 0.93 | 101 (47.6) | 171 (45.8) | 0.73 |
Female | 141 (54.7) | 170 (54.1) | 111 (52.4) | 202 (54.2) | |||
Level of education+ | Primary school/no diploma, N (%) | 43 (16.7) | 42 (13.4) | 0.28 | 36 (17) | 51 (13.7) | 0.82 |
Secondary school | 20 (7.8) | 24 (7.6) | 16 (7.5) | 28 (7.5) | |||
Practical professional training | 61 (23.6) | 86 (27.4) | 56 (26.4) | 94 (25.2) | |||
High school or equivalent | 33 (12.8) | 33 (10.5) | 23 (10.8) | 45 (12.1) | |||
Vocational school or training | 58 (22.5) | 92 (29.3) | 51 (24.1) | 105 (28.2) | |||
Non-university higher education | 26 (10.1) | 24 (7.6) | 17 (8) | 33 (8.8) | |||
University | 17 (6.6) | 13 (4.1) | 13 (6.1) | 17 (4.6) | |||
No. of MDs involved in patient’s treatment+ | 1, N (%) | 73 (28.3) | 81 (25.8) | 0.81 | 58 (27.4) | 98 (26.3) | 0.75 |
2 | 76 (29.5) | 89 (28.3) | 57 (26.9) | 112 (30) | |||
3 | 54 (20.9) | 75 (23.9) | 48 (22.6) | 88 (23.6) | |||
4 or more | 55 (21.3) | 69 (22) | 49 (23.1) | 75 (20.1) | |||
No. of GP visits in last 12 months++ | Mean, N (SD) | 12.9 (8.9) | 13 (8.7) | 0.87 | 13.2 (9.3) | 13.2 (9.2) | 0.95 |
No. of years followed by GP++ | Mean, years (SD) | 10.9 (7.9) | 11.2 (8.5) | 0.59 | 10.4 (7.9) | 11.5 (8.4) | 0.13 |
GP-related variables | |||||||
Sex+ | Male, N (%) | 196 (76) | 220 (70.1) | 0.13 | 152 (71.7) | 271 (72.7) | 0.85 |
Female | 62 (24) | 94 (29.9) | 60 (28.3) | 102 (27.3) | |||
No. of years of practice++ | Mean, years (SD) | 17.3 (9.6) | 18 (9.6) | 0.42 | 16.5 (9.5) | 18.2 (9.5) | 0.03 |
No. of consultations per week+ | ≤ 30 N (%) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1) | 0.82 | 1 (0.5) | 4 (1.1) | 0.59 |
]30–70] | 72 (27.9) | 84 (26.8) | 60 (28.3) | 96 (25.7) | |||
]70–110] | 117 (45.3) | 148 (47.1) | 100 (47.2) | 176 (47.2) | |||
]110–170] | 59 (22.9) | 64 (20.4) | 46 (21.7) | 79 (21.2) | |||
> 170 | 8 (3.1) | 15 (4.8) | 5 (2.4) | 18 (4.8) | |||
Practice location+ | Urban, N (%) | 109 (42.2) | 136 (43.3) | 0.97 | 92 (43.4) | 157 (42.1) | 0.86 |
Suburban | 108 (41.9) | 129 (41.1) | 85 (40.1) | 158 (42.4) | |||
Rural | 41 (15.9) | 49 (15.6) | 35 (16.5) | 58 (15.5) | |||
Sub-specialization in psychosocial & psychosomatic medicine | No, N (%) | 236 (91.5) | 294 (93.6) | 0.34 | 198 (93.4) | 347 (93) | 1.00 |
Yes | 22 (8.5) | 20 (6.4) | 14 (6.6) | 26 (7) |