Predictors of GPs' underestimation of patients' decision-making preferences.
| Predictor alone | Model including all variables | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | Unadjusted OR (95% to CI) | P-value | Adjusted OR (95% to CI) | P-value |
| Time of patients' appointment, pm | 1.2 (0.1 to 1.5) | 0.738 | 0.4 (0.4 to 4.1) | 0.156 |
| Patient age | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.0) | 0.168 | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.0) | 0.138 |
| Previous visits with doctor | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.0) | 0.041 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) | 0.680 |
| If patient had more than one problem to discuss | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.8) | 0.643 | 1.8 (0.6 to 5.1) | 0.274 |
| Duration of main health problem | 0.8 (0.7 to 1.0) | 0.063 | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.2) | 0.214 |
| If discussed main health problem with a doctor before | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.9) | 0.022 | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.9) | 0.040 |
| If taking prescribed medication for main health problem | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.2) | 1.7 | 0.250 (0.7 to 3.9) | 0.213 |
| Patient sex, female | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.3) | 0.266 | 0.8 (0.2 to 2.8) | 0.770 |
| Patient ethnicity | ||||
| White | 1.0 | 0.078 | 1.0 | 0.065 |
| Black | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.8) | 0.4 (0.1 to 1.5) | ||
| Other | 1.6 (0.7 to 3.9) | 2.4 (1.0 to 6.1) | ||
| Patient highest qualification | ||||
| None | 1.0 | 0.313 | 1.0 | 0.042 |
| Primary or secondary | 0.8 (0.3 to 2.1) | 0.3 (0.0 to 1.5) | ||
| Tertiary | 0.9 (0.3 to 2.7) | 0.2 (0.0 to 1.1) | ||
| Other | 0.9 (0.5 to 2.0) | 2.0 (0.6 to 7.1) | ||
| Doctor sex, female | 1.1 (0.4 to 2.6) | 1.2 | 0.893 (0.4 to 4.4) | 0.727 |
| Doctor ethnicity, non-white | 1.8 (0.7 to 4.6) | 4.4 | 0.222 (1.5 to 12.7) | 0.006 |
| Doctor age | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.0) | 1.0 | 0.360 (0.9 to 1.1) | 0.472 |
| Doctor decision-making preferencea | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.2) | 0.5 | 0.919 (0.1 to 2.0) | 0.309 |
| Patient decision-making preferencea | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.5) | 0.2 | 0.000 (0.1 to 0.4) | <0.001 |
↵a Per scale point on five-point scale: patient decides alone = 1, doctor decides alone = 5. OR = odds ratio.