Table 2

Dimension 1: Crude and adjusted associations between patient characteristics and patients' evaluation of aspects of the doctor-patient relationship.



100% positive assessments 1
0–49% positive assessments 2





Prev.(%)
PR
Adj. PR
95% CI
Prev.(%)
PR
Adj. PR
95% CI

Gender
(N = 25533)
Female
63.8
1
1

14.9
1
1


Male
65.1
1.02
0.98
0.96 – 1.00
13.0
0.87
0.93
0.86 – 1.00

Age (years)
(N = 25533)
18–24
52.3
1
1

16.4
1
1


25–29
54.3
1.04
1.03
0.96 – 1.10
16.6
1.03
1.03
0.87 – 1.22

30–34
57.6
1.10
1.10
1.04 – 1.18
16.7
1.00
0.99
0.86 – 1.15

35–39
58.8
1.12
1.15
1.08 – 1.22
17.0
1.01
0.96
0.82 – 1.13

40–44
60.1
1.15
1.20
1.13 – 1.29
17.3
1.00
0.93
0.80 – 1.09

45–49
61.2
1.17
1.23
1.15 – 1.32
16.1
0.90
0.83
0.70 – 0.98

50–54
65.2
1.25
1.33
1.25 – 1.42
14.2
0.88
0.71
0.60 – 0.85

55–59
67.6
1.29
1.39
1.30 – 1.48
13.0
0.74
0.64
0.54 – 0.77

60–64
70.2
1.34
1.43
1.35 – 1.53
11.8
0.67
0.58
0.48 – 0.70

65–69
76.8
1.47
1.57
1.47 – 1.67
9.4
0.58
0.47
0.38 – 0.58

70–74
76.7
1.46
1.57
1.47 – 1.67
10.5
0.53
0.52
0.43 – 0.63

75–79
73.6
1.41
1.52
1.43 – 1.63
11.2
0.51
0.55
0.44 – 0.67

80+
72.8
1.39
1.50
1.40 – 1.61
10.4
0.57
0.49
0.39 – 0.62

Further education (years)
(N = 24364)
None
66.3
13
13

13.3
1
1


Less than 2
64.5
0.94
1.01
0.97 – 1.05
14.8
1.12
1.05
0.92 – 1.19

2–4
63.8
0.86
0.99
0.96 – 1.02
14.6
1.10
1.07
0.98 – 1.17

5 or more
62.2
0.73
0.96
0.93 – 1.00
14.7
1.10
1.11
0.99 – 1.25

Undergoing education or other










66.0
0.91
1.06
1.01 – 1.10
12.4
0.94
0.91
0.76 – 1.08

Frequency of attendance (times per year)
(N = 25533)
0–1
60.7
1
1

16.4
1
1


2–3
61.9
1.02
1.04
1.00 – 1.07
15.7
0.95
0.91
0.82 – 1.01

4–5
64.6
1.06
1.08
1.04 – 1.11
14.1
0.86
0.79
0.71 – 0.88

6–7
65.1
1.07
1.10
1.05 – 1.14
14.1
0.86
0.74
0.66 – 0.84

8–9
67.5
1.11
1.14
1.09 – 1.19
13.0
0.79
0.67
0.58 – 0.77

10+
68.2
1.12
1.18
1.14 – 1.23
11.4
0.69
0.53
0.46 – 0.61

Duration of listing (years)
(N = 16985)
Less than 1
63.2
1
1

16.5
1
1


1–2
64.6
1.02
1.00
0.95 – 1.05
13.6
0.82
0.89
0.75 – 1.05

3–7
64.6
1.02
0.98
0.94 – 1.02
13.7
0.83
0.92
0.80 – 1.07

8–12
65.5
1.04
0.97
0.92 – 1.02
13.4
0.81
0.93
0.80 – 1.08

13+
68.3
1.08
1.00
0.95 – 1.05
11.9
0.72
0.85
0.73 – 0.99

Self-rated health
(N = 25533)
Excellent
67.6
1
1

12.0
1
1


Very good
64.5
0.95
0.92
0.89 – 0.94
12.5
1.04
1.14
1.01 – 1.29

Good
65.0
0.96
0.83
0.81 – 0.86
14.6
1.22
1.66
1.46 – 1.87

Fair
61.4
0.91
0.74
0.72 – 0.77
17.2
1.44
2.29
2.01 – 2.62

Poor
58.2
0.86
0.69
0.65 – 0.74
18.6
1.56
2.66
2.21 – 3.20

Chronic condition
(N = 25170)
No
62.3
1
13

14.8
1
1


Yes-KRTC
70.6
1.13
1.06
1.03 – 1.09
12.2
0.83
0.89
0.81 – 0.99

Yes-other or multiple
63.9
1.03
1.04
1.01 – 1.06
14.7
0.99
0.89
0.82 – 0.96

Chronic condition
(N = 17192)
None
62.3
1
13

14.8
1
1


K – Cardiovascular
72.1
1.16
1.05
1.01 – 1.09
10.7
0.73
0.85
0.73 – 1.00

R – Respiratory
66.5
1.07
1.06
1.01 – 1.11
14.9
1.01
0.99
0.85 – 1.15

T – Endocrine
69.8
1.12
1.04
1.00 – 1.09
13.7
0.93
1.01
0.85 – 1.20

C – Cancer
77.7
1.25
1.20
1.12 – 1.28
6.6
0.44
0.46
0.29 – 0.73

Prevalence ratio (PR) for 100% positive assessments and for 0–49% positive assessments associated with different patient characteristics. Crude PRs are adjusted for clustering of patients. Adjusted PRs are adjusted for patients' gender, age, frequency of attending a GP, self-rated health and clustering of frequency patients. Numbers in italics are used to indicate statistical significance.

1 Patients who marked 100% of the answered questions in one of the two most positive answering categories.

2 Patients who marked less than 50% (0–49%) of the answered questions in one of the two most positive answering categories.

3 Poisson regression with robust variance

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