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Table 3 Factors associated with patient enablement: multi-variate analysis n = 3044

From: Patient enablement requires physician empathy: a cross-sectional study of general practice consultations in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland

Variable

Categories

Odds Ratio

Pvalue

Reason for seeing doctor

New problem

1

 
 

Long standing problem/Both new and long standing problem

0.61 (0.08-0.76)

0.00002

Perceptions of GP empathy (CARE Measure)

Less than 40

1

 
 

40 or more

2.29 (0.29-2.73)

0.00001

Emotional distress (GHQ-caseness)

Less than 4

1

 
 

4 or more

0.56 (0.07-0.78)

0.0004

Multi-morbidity (number of long term conditions)

0

1

 
 

1

1.16 (0.14-1.58)

0.350

 

2

0.89 (0.1-1.33)

0.577

 

3 or more

0.67 (0.08-0.94)

0.02

  1. 1. Reason for consulting (new or long-standing problem/both)
  2. 2. Psychological distress (GHQ-caseness)
  3. 3. Multimorbidity
  4. 4. Perception of the GPs empathy (CARE Measure score)