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Table 3 - Multivariate analyses of all the variables considered in the study (Data collection January–September 2015)

From: Multimorbidity: can general practitioners identify the health conditions most important to their patients? Results from a national cross-sectional study in Switzerland

  

46 groups of conditions (N = 572)

15 chapters of ICPC-2 (N = 585)

  

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Patient-related variables

     

No. of chronic conditions

3 (reference)

    

4 or 5

0.53 (0.31;0.89)

0.02

0.6 (0.34;1.01)

0.06

6 or more

0.59 (0.34;1)

0.05

0.64 (0.36;1.09)

0.11

Age

per year

0.99 (0.98;1.01)

0.22

0.99 (0.98;1.01)

0.32

Sex

Male (reference)

    

Female

0.98 (0.69;1.41)

0.92

1.11 (0.77;1.59)

0.59

Level of education

Primary school/ no diploma (reference)

    

Secondary school

1.17 (0.55;2.51)

0.68

1.18 (0.55;2.58)

0.68

Practical professional training

1.53 (0.87;2.69)

0.14

1.16 (0.66;2.03)

0.60

High school or equivalent

1.05 (0.54;2.05)

0.89

1.33 (0.68;2.65)

0.41

Vocational school or training

1.66 (0.94;2.94)

0.08

1.45 (0.82;2.57)

0.20

Non-university higher education

0.89 (0.42;1.89)

0.76

1.28 (0.59;2.8)

0.54

University

0.79 (0.32;1.92)

0.60

0.91 (0.37;2.25)

0.84

No. of MDs involved in patient’s treatment

1 (reference)

    

2

1.05 (0.66;1.67)

0.84

1.13 (0.7;1.82)

0.62

3

1.22 (0.74;2.01)

0.44

1.07 (0.64;1.78)

0.80

4 or more

1.11 (0.67;1.84)

0.69

0.87 (0.52;1.45)

0.59

No. of GP visits in last 12 months

per unit

0 (0;0)

 

0 (0;0)

 

No. of years followed by GP

per year

1 (0.97;1.03)

0.92

1 (0.97;1.03)

0.95

GP-related variables

     

Sex

Male (reference)

    

Female

1.49 (0.96;2.33)

0.08

0.99 (0.64;1.54)

0.96

No. of years of practice

per year

1.01 (0.99;1.04)

0.39

1.02 (0.99;1.05)

0.20

No. of consultations per week

≤ 30 (reference)

    

]30–70]

0.82 (0.1;5.49)

0.83

0.43 (0.02;3.26)

0.47

]70–110]

1.01 (0.12;7.01)

0.99

0.43 (0.02;3.36)

0.48

]110–170]

0.92 (0.11;6.56)

0.94

0.42 (0.02;3.38)

0.47

> 170

1.36 (0.14;11.61)

0.78

0.78 (0.03;8.1)

0.85

Practice location

Urban (reference)

    

Suburban

0.92 (0.62;1.36)

0.68

1.08 (0.73;1.61)

0.70

Rural

0.92 (0.54;1.59)

0.77

1 (0.58;1.73)

0.99

Sub-specialization in psychosocial & psychosomatic medicine

No (reference)

    

Yes

0.76 (0.38;1.49)

0.42

1.08 (0.53;2.26)

0.84