Table 2

Association between declared practices regarding tonsillitis and individual risk attitudes, in multivariate analysis (N=1093)

VariablesPercentageaORPercentageaORPercentageaORPercentageaOR
Indicator 1: awareness and use of tonsillitis guidelinesIndicator 2: use of RADT in the last patientIndicator 3: good antibiotic prescription practices among GPs using RADT†Indicator 4: antibiotic prescriptions among GPs not using RADT†
GPs’ characteristics
 Gender
  Male66.6155.2198.0154.31
  Female76.91.46*69.81.58**99.01.28**36.11.32***
 Age
  <4578.61.3575.11.79**1001.35**37.01.32**
  45–5472.1160.5197.6144.31
  >5462.40.69*50.00.67**97.90.76**58.40.73***
 Location of practice
  Urban65.90.9160.31.2899.61.1654.91.09
  Peri-urban73.41.2466.91.59**99.31.29**50.71.22*
  Rural69.3156.4197.5149.31
 Volume of activity
  <284966.80.8254.60.69*98.60.78*49.90.82
  2849–549470.7163.2198.4151.41
  >549468.60.9854.10.7598.00.82*50.10.89
Domains of risk-aversion
 Daily life
  Risk-averse69.70.9660.40.9497.80.7654.11.18*
  Risk-tolerant68.7158.6198.7149.51
  No answer78.91.5051.90.671001.230.41.43
 Patients’ health
  Risk-averse72.61.56**69.90.9999.41.67**48.10.93
  Risk-tolerant61.5157.9196.0156.81
  No answer83.02.90*55.70.831001.938.90.67
 Personal finances
  Risk-averse72.81.45**62.71.30*98.40.9950.71.11
  Risk-tolerant64.2155.1198.1151.41
  No answer73.61.4648.20.711000.7542.60.68
  • *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

  • †Sample selection models in two steps were performed to take into account the selection effect of the sample; for these models, all three domains of risk were entered in the model 1 by 1. Adjusted ORs cannot be obtained directly from these models, but they were calculated from the marginal effects.

  • aOR in bold typeface indicates statistically significant results (p<0.05).

  • aOR, adjusted OR; GP, general practitioner; RADT, Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test.