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Table 4 Association of clinician characteristics with the level of involvement in HIV prevention and care

From: A survey of the involvement of primary care doctors in HIV prevention and care in a low-prevalence, high-income setting

 

No/low involvement (n=133)

High involvement (n=55)

  

n

%

n

%

OR

95% C.I.

Gender

 female

31

23%

11

20%

ref

 

 male

102

77%

44

80%

1.22

0.56–2.63

Age group

 > 60

55

42%

15

27%

ref

 

 30–39

6

5%

5

9%

3.06

0.82–11.4

 40–49

40

30%

14

25%

1.28

0.56–2.96

 50–59

31

23%

21

38%

2.48

1.12–5.5*

Ethnicity

 non-Chinese

2

2%

7

13%

ref

 

 Chinese

131

98%

48

87%

0.10

0.02–0.52*

Place of primary medical qualification

 Other

37

28%

16

29%

ref

 

 Hong Kong

96

72%

39

71%

0.94

0.47–1.88

Specialist register

 No

86

65%

28

52%

ref

 

 FHKCFP

13

10%

10

19%

2.36

0.93–5.98

 Other

34

26%

16

30%

1.45

0.7–3.0

Number of years in private practice

 > 20 years

71

53%

33

60%

ref

 

 11–20 years

38

29%

13

24%

0.74

0.35–1.56

 6–10 years

15

11%

5

9%

0.72

0.24–2.14

 0–5 years

9

7%

4

7%

0.96

0.27–3.33

Number of clinicians in your practice

 <=5

118

89%

40

73%

ref

 

 > 5

14

11%

15

27%

3.16

1.4–7.12*

  1. Odds ratio (OR): the odds of high involvement in HIV prevention and care compared with no/low involvement in non-reference and reference group
  2. * p-value < 0.05