From: Incongruous consultation behaviour: results from a UK-wide population survey
Demographic and socio-economic factors | Low impact consulters | High impact non-consulters | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p- value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
Sex | ||||
Males†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Females | 1.26 (0.87 to 1.83) | 0.220 | 1.20 (0.97 to 1.48) | 0.087 |
Age | ||||
18-24 yrs†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
25-34 yrs | 0.81 (0.40 to 1.65) | 0.556 | 0.93 (0.62 to 1.40) | 0.731 |
35-44 yrs | 0.71 (0.37 to 1.38) | 0.308 | 0.59 (0.40 to 0.86) | 0.006 |
45-54 yrs | 0.88 (0.46 to 1.68) | 0.699 | 0.63 (0.43 to 0.92) | 0.016 |
55-60 yrs | 1.14 (0.60 to 2.19) | 0.684 | 0.67 (0.45 to 0.99) | 0.043 |
Marital status | ||||
Single†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Married/living together | 0.83 (0.49 to 1.41) | 0.490 | 0.87 (0.64 to 1.17) | 0.354 |
No longer married | 1.13 (0.54 to 2.33) | 0.750 | 1.75 (1.13 to 2.71) | 0.012 |
Social support | ||||
Low†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Medium | 0.94 (0.43 to 2.07) | 0.876 | 0.51 (0.32 to 0.79) | 0.003 |
High | 0.87 (0.40 to 1.88) | 0.717 | 0.44 (0.28 to 0.69) | < 0.001 |
Education | ||||
No qualifications†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Secondary school | 0.82 (0.48 to 1.41) | 0.480 | 0.56 (0.40 to 0.79) | 0.001 |
Higher education | 0.54 (0.31 to 0.95) | 0.033 | 0.42 (0.30 to 0.60) | < 0.001 |
Housing | ||||
Owned/mortgaged†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Privately rented and other | 1.02 (0.57 to 1.85) | 0.938 | 1.29 (0.93 to 1.80) | 0.131 |
Council/housing association | 1.14 (0.59 to 2.19) | 0.693 | 2.80 (1.91 to 4.11) | < 0.001 |
Employment | ||||
Full-time†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Part-time | 0.82 (0.50 to 1.35) | 0.436 | 1.09 (0.81 to 1.46) | 0.572 |
Self-employed | 0.31 (0.11 to 0.86) | 0.024 | 1.53 (1.05 to 2.24) | 0.029 |
Not working due to illness | 1.44 (0.74 to 2.81) | 0.289 | 9.19 (5.32 to 15.87) | < 0.001 |
Others not in employment | 0.67 (0.39 to 1.15) | 0.146 | 1.42 (1.06 to 1.91) | 0.021 |
Household income (annual) | ||||
< £15,000†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
£15,000-29,999 | 0.89 (0.50 to 1.56) | 0.672 | 0.77 (0.55 to 1.08) | 0.135 |
£30,000-49,000 | 0.81 (0.46 to 1.42) | 0.459 | 0.48 (0.34 to 0.67) | < 0.001 |
£50,000+ | 0.71 (0.40 to 1.28) | 0.256 | 0.33 (0.23 to 0.47) | < 0.001 |
Ethnicity | ||||
White†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Other | 0.54 (0.13 to 2.25) | 0.393 | 0.99 (0.53 to 1.83) | 0.966 |
Smoking | ||||
Never†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Ex-smoker | 1.00 (0.65 to 1.55) | 0.991 | 1.70 (1.33 to 2.17) | < 0.001 |
Current smoker | 1.14 (0.72 to 1.82) | 0.579 | 2.00 (1.53 to 2.60) | < 0.001 |
Access to a GP surgery | ||||
Good†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Moderate | 0.98 (0.64 to1.50) | 0.938 | 1.32 (1.04 to 1.68) | 0.021 |
Poor | 1.04 (0.40 to 2.66) | 0.942 | 1.74 (1.02 to 2.96) | 0.042 |
Access to a pharmacy | ||||
Good†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Moderate | 1.34 (0.85 to 2.11) | 0.210 | 1.24 (0.94 to 1.63) | 0.125 |
Poor | 2.74 (1.17 to 6.38) | 0.020 | 1.26 (0.66 to 2.42) | 0.482 |
Access to a shop selling OTC medicines | ||||
Good†| 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
Moderate | 1.17 (0.71 to 1.93) | 0.544 | 1.16 (0.86 to 1.55) | 0.335 |
Poor | 3.26 (1.28 to 8.33) | 0.013 | 1.91 (0.89 to 4.11) | 0.100 |