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number and percentage of GPs who reported at least one EMF-consultation, stratified by GP-characteristics. |
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| % (95% C.I.) |
OR (95% C.I.)a |
pb |
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| all GPs |
69 (64 – 74) |
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| Sex |
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| Male |
69.5 (63.8 – 74.6) |
1 (reference) |
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| Female |
68.7 (56.8 – 78.5) |
0.79 (0.40 – 1.56) |
0.50 |
| Age group (years) |
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| <35 – 44 |
78.1 (66.6 – 86.5) |
1 (reference) |
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| 45 – 54 |
69.8 (61.3 – 77.2) |
0.52 (0.24 – 1.1) |
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| 55 – 64 |
65.2 (57.0 – 72.7) |
0.48 (0.23 – 1.02) |
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| ≥ 65 |
66.7 (39.1 – 86.2) |
0.46 (0.1 – 2.04) |
0.23 |
| Majority of patients comes from rural/urban area |
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| Majority from rural area |
73.4 (65 – 80.4) |
1 (reference) |
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| Majority from urban or agglomeration area |
61.9 (53.6 – 69.5) |
0.53 (0.30 – 0.94) |
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| Equally urban or agglomeration/rural |
75.6 (65.1 – 83.8) |
0.83 (0.4 – 1.69) |
0.079 |
| Self-rated information level |
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| Rather bad |
55.4 (44.1 – 66.2) |
1 (reference) |
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| Middle |
69.9 (62.7 – 76.3) |
1.56 (0.86 – 2.87) |
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| Rather good |
77.8 (68.2 – 85.1) |
2.49 (1.22 – 5.1) |
0.041 |
| Complementary medicine certificate |
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| None |
63.7 (58.0 – 69.1) |
1 (reference) |
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| At least onec |
96.6 (88.3 – 99.0) |
16.1 (3.74 – 69.2) |
<0.0001 |
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Percentage of GPs who report at least one EMF consultation, stratified by GP-characteristics. aOdds ratio of reporting at least one EMF consultation after multiple logistic regression (model variables: sex, age group, urban/rural patient collective, self rated information level and complementary-medicine certificate). bp-value of likelihood ratio test after logistic regression. cAt least one of the following: traditional Chinese medicine/acupuncture, neural therapy, homeopathy or anthroposophical medicine | |||
Huss and Röösli BMC Public Health 2006 6:267 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-267 |
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