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Table 4 Association between GPs’ characteristics& and agreement for smoking status (n = 2322)

From: Patient-physician agreement on tobacco and alcohol consumption: a multilevel analysis of GPs’ characteristics

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariable analysis*

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Age (years, ref :≤ 50)

  

0.90

  

0.94

51-56

1.00

0.57-1.74

 

0.97

0.58-1.63

 

57-61

1.01

0.61-1.69

 

1.02

0.63-1.66

 

≥62

0.84

0.48-1.48

 

0.87

0.51-1.51

 

Male

1.28

0.87-1.89

0.22

0.71

0.48-1.05

0.088

Teaching medical school course

1.43

0.98-2.08

0.063

   

Responsibility in an organization providing CME#

1.66

1.10-2.50

0.015

   

Participation in a CME# about managing smoking cessation

1.54

1.07-2.21

0.021

1.71

1.18-2.49

0.005

Participation in a CME# about colon cancer screening

1.38

0.92-2.06

0.12

   

Participation in a study about colon cancer screening

0.73

0.46-1.17

0.19

   

Participation in peer groups

1.42

0.97-2.08

0.072

   

Reporting specific skills in managing hypertension

1.32

0.87-1.99

0.19

1.72

1.11-2.65

0.015

Reporting specific skills in managing smoking cessation

1.35

0.86-2.10

0.19

   

Reporting specific skills about cervical cancer screening

1.35

0.90-2.04

0.15

   

Using computerized medical files

0.68

0.38-1.22

0.19

   
  1. Inter-GP variance: s2 = 0.31, Hosmer-Lemeshow test of goodness of fit: P = 0.11.
  2. & Only GPs characteristics with P ≤ 0.20 in univariate analysis are shown.
  3. *adjusted for patient’s sex, patient’s age, duration of time seeing this GP, number of consultations during the past year, patient’s occupation, GP’s age and GP’s sex.
  4. #CME: Continuing medical education.
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