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Table 4 Logistic-regression multivariate analyses a of feeling insufficiently trained (dependent variable) according to general practitioners’ characteristics

From: General practitioner’s clinical practices, difficulties and educational needs to manage Alzheimer’s disease in France: analysis of national telephone-inquiry data

Independent variables

Odds ratio

95% CI

p

Age >50 years

0.72

0.52–1.00

0.053

Female

1.44

1.02–2.03

0.036

Type of office (alone vs group practice)

0.94

0.68–1.30

0.702

Total (vs partial) fee reimbursement

1.38

0.79–2.40

0.254

Role as an educator (medical students)

0.74

0.49–1.11

0.144

High patient load (>21 patients/day)

0.77

0.56–1.07

0.115

5–7 days/week (vs fewer days) in office

0.98

0.70–1.36

0.894

Involved in educating the public

1.44

1.03–2.02

0.033

Type of practice (individual or group)

1.16

0.80–1.68

0.437

>10% of clientele underprivileged

1.09

0.78–1.53

0.617

Participation in a network

1.04

0.76–1.42

0.789

  1. aMultivariate analysis was based on 925 GPs for whom no data were missing.
  2. R2 Nagelkerke: 0.032; Hosmer-Lemeshow test : p = 0.339.