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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of different factors in the process, with the dichotomous outcome GPs tendency to act on DRPs

From: Clinical impact of medication reviews for community-dwelling patients in primary healthcare

 

Model 1 (univariable)

 

Model 2 (multivariable)

 

Variable

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Verbal and written communication (reference: written only)

2.52 (1.60–3.96)

 < 0.001

2.40 (1.52–3.79)

 < 0.001

 ≥ 5 recommendations/patient (reference: 1–4 recommendations)

0.54 (0.35–0.83)

0.005

0.58 (0.37–0.91)

0.016

Graded clinical relevance of the recommendation (1–6, ordinal scale)

1.06 (0.77–1.46)

0.72

1.01 (0.72–1.42)

0.946

  1. Model 1: Separate univariable logistic regression of each variable
  2. Model 2: Multiple logistic regression including the three presented variables