|
Variable
|
Categories
|
Odds Ratio
|
Pvalue
|
|---|
|
Reason for seeing doctor
|
New problem
|
1
| |
| |
Long standing problem/Both new and long standing problem
|
0.61 (0.08-0.76)
|
0.00002
|
|
Perceptions of GP empathy (CARE Measure)
|
Less than 40
|
1
| |
| |
40 or more
|
2.29 (0.29-2.73)
|
0.00001
|
|
Emotional distress (GHQ-caseness)
|
Less than 4
|
1
| |
| |
4 or more
|
0.56 (0.07-0.78)
|
0.0004
|
|
Multi-morbidity (number of long term conditions)
|
0
|
1
| |
| |
1
|
1.16 (0.14-1.58)
|
0.350
|
| |
2
|
0.89 (0.1-1.33)
|
0.577
|
| |
3 or more
|
0.67 (0.08-0.94)
|
0.02
|
- 1. Reason for consulting (new or long-standing problem/both)
- 2. Psychological distress (GHQ-caseness)
- 3. Multimorbidity
- 4. Perception of the GPs empathy (CARE Measure score)
