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Table 3 Logistic regression: Factors that influence the likelihood that physicians do not feel adequately trained and educated to care for patients with alcohol dependence

From: Are German family practitioners and psychiatrists sufficiently trained to diagnose and treat patients with alcohol problems?

Predictors

p-value

Odds Ratio

Number of patients diagnosed as ICD-10: F10.2 “Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol: dependence syndrome”

 0–6

0.001

5.17

 7–12

0.001

3.74

 13–24

0.016

2.80

 25–49

0.051

2.43

 > 49

RC

Gender

 Male

RC

 Female

0.001

2.00

Medical speciality

 Psychiatrist

RC

 Family practitioner

0.001

3.05

Continuing medical education on “alcohol dependency”

 0–3 h

0.001

5.15

 4–10 h

0.001

4.88

 > 10

RC

 Do not know

0.003

2.05

Board certificate “treating addiction in primary care”

 Yes

RC

 No

0.031

3.58

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