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Table 5 Association between GPs’ characteristics& and agreement for alcohol consumption (n = 1827)

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)

  

0.80

  

0.32

51-56

0.89

0.59-1.34

 

0.74

0.49-1.13

 

57-61

1.03

0.70-1.51

 

0,78

0.52-1.12

 

≥62

1.09

0.72-1.66

 

1.03

0.69-1.55

 

Male

0.83

0.62-1.10

0.20

0.85

0.64-1.12

0.25

Teaching medical school course

1.35

1.02-1.78

0.036

1.42

1.06-1.90

0.019

Participation in a study about cervical cancer screening

1.41

0.95-2.10

0.091

   

Participation in peer groups

1.27

0.96-1.69

0.099

   

Reporting specific skills in managing smoking cessation

1.42

1.04-1.95

0.030

   

Reporting specific skills in managing alcoholism

1.30

0.94-1.80

0.12

1.57

1.09-2.27

0.015

Reporting specific skills in cervical cancer screening

1.27

0.94-1.71

0.12

   

Reporting specific skills in breast cancer screening

1.25

0.92-1.70

0.16

   

≥80% consultations by appointment

1.46

1.04-2.03

0.027

   
  1. Inter-GP variance: s2 = 0.11, Hosmer-Lemeshow test of goodness of fit: P = 0.41.
  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.