Table 4 |
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Associations between low impact consulters and high impact non-consulters and views on managing symptoms (age and sex adjusted odds ratios) |
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Symptom management factors |
Low impact consulters |
High impact non-consulters |
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Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p-value |
Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p-value |
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Nijmegen Expectation Questionnaire ^ |
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Quartile 1 (lowest scores)† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Quartile 2 |
1.75 (0.97 to 3.16) |
0.062 |
1.24 (0.93 to 1.66) |
0.139 |
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Quartile 3 |
2.29 (1.32 to 3.98) |
0.003 |
1.24 (0.93 to 1.64) |
0.142 |
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Quartile 4 (highest scores) |
2.78 (1.59 to 4.86) |
< 0.001 |
1.51 (1.13 to 2.02) |
0.006 |
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My previous experience of a symptom |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.02 (0.36 to 2.89) |
0.969 |
0.94 (0.53 to 1.68) |
0.845 |
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Other people's experiences of a symptom |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.08 (0.75 to 1.54) |
0.684 |
1.14 (0.93 to 1.40) |
0.214 |
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My knowledge/beliefs about a symptom |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
0.53 (0.27 to1.08) |
0.079 |
0.97 (0.59 to1.60) |
0.916 |
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Feeling a symptom wouldn't be viewed as important by others |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.18 (0.83 to 1.69) |
0.350 |
1.34 (1.09 to 1.64) |
0.005 |
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Feeling able to deal with a symptom myself |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
0.65 (0.29 to 1.47) |
0.304 |
0.96 (0.56 to 1.63) |
0.872 |
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Feeling that I need reassurance or advice from a health professional |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
2.61 (1.39 to 4.91) |
0.003 |
1.09 (0.84 to 1.42) |
0.506 |
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Feeling that I don't want to waste the GP's time |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
0.99 (0.66 to 1.50) |
0.976 |
1.60 (1.25 to 2.05) |
< 0.001 |
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My knowledge about healthcare services and medicines |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.53 (0.89 to 2.64) |
0.126 |
1.01 (0.77 to 1.32) |
0.963 |
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My attitudes/beliefs about healthcare services and medicines |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
0.93 (0.62 to 1.38) |
0.705 |
1.11 (0.88 to 1.40) |
0.373 |
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My previous experience of healthcare services and medicines |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.21 (0.76 to 1.92) |
0.429 |
1.35 (1.05 to 175) |
0.020 |
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Other people's experiences of healthcare services and medicines |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
0.96 (0.67 to 1.37) |
0.815 |
1.37 (1.12 to 1.68) |
0.002 |
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The cost of using a particular healthcare service or treatment |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.11 (0.78 to 1.57) |
0.576 |
1.16 (0.95 to 1.42) |
0.140 |
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The length of time I have to wait to get treatment |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.03 (0.68 to 1.55) |
0.898 |
1.24 (0.98 to 1.58) |
0.076 |
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Availability of resources like transport and childcare |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
0.87 (0.61 to 1.24) |
0.449 |
1.52 (1.24 to 1.86) |
< 0.001 |
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Information or advice appearing in the media |
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Not important† |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Important |
1.08 (0.76 to 1.53) |
0.671 |
0.99 (0.81 to 1.21) |
0.922 |
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† Referent group Figures highlighted are significant at 5% level (p < 0.05) ^ Where lower scores represent a belief that self-care is better than GP treatment for common symptoms and higher scores represent a belief that GP treatment is better than self-care for common symptoms |
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Elliott et al. BMC Family Practice 2012 13:21 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-13-21 |
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