Regression models
| Variables | Linear regression models (number of health problems identified) | Variables | Binary logistic regression models (likelihood that the health problems would be identified) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1: phase I | Model 2: phase II | Model 3: phase I | Model 4: phase II | ||||||
| Coefficient | (95% CI) | Coefficient | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | ||
| Group | Health problems | ||||||||
| A | 0.00 (ref) | – | Hypertension | 1.00 (ref) | – | 1.00 (ref) | – | ||
| B | −0.52 | (−1.84 to 0.79) | 0.00 (ref) | – | Diabetes | 3.62 | (1.10 to 11.95)* | 1.72 | (0.53 to 5.63) |
| C | 0.92 | (−0.28 to 2.12) | Glaucoma | 1.00 | (0.17 to 5.82) | 0.44 | (0.13 to 1.47) | ||
| D | −2.25 | (−3.64 to −0.87)** | −1.34 | (−2.69 to 0.00) * | Asthma | 8.18 | (2.14 to 31.37)** | 1.46 | (0.4 to 5.33) |
| Age | −0.15 | (−0.25 to −0.05)** | – | – | Thyroid nodule | 21.75 | (6.73 to 70.24)*** | 26.01 | (8.07 to 83.88)*** |
| Years of GP experience | 0.15 | (0.06 to 0.24)*** | – | – | Anti-coagulation | 8.18 | (2.18 to 30.74)** | 5.91 | (2.19 to 15.93)*** |
| Remoteness | Social support | 6.67 | (2.22 to 20.05)*** | 1.00 | (0.27 to 3.75) | ||||
| Major city | 0.00 (ref) | – | Pulmonary embolism | 1.77 | (0.36 to 8.81) | 0.61 | (0.19 to 2.02) | ||
| Inner regional | −1.35 | (−2.41 to −0.29) * | Colorectal cancer | 8.18 | (2.13 to 31.47)** | 7.74 | (2.68 to 22.4)*** | ||
| Outer regional | 2.68 | (0.60 to 4.76)* | Anxiety | 28.01 | (8.62 to 91.00)*** | 2.01 | (0.77 to 5.22) | ||
| Remote | 0.88 | (−1.03 to 2.78) | Group | ||||||
| Patient sessions per week | −0.36 | (−0.58 to −0.13)** | – | A | 1.00 (ref) | ||||
| Patient consultation h/week | B | 0.70 | (0.24 to 2.08) | 1.00 (ref) | |||||
| <11 | 0.00 (ref) | – | C | 1.58 | (0.69 to 3.66) | ||||
| 11–20 | 1.35 | (−0.17 to 2.87) | D | 0.14 | (0.03 to 0.67)* | 0.44 | (0.2 to 0.99)* | ||
| 21–40 | 2.30 | (0.75 to 3.84)** | Patient sessions per week | 0.79 | (0.63 to 0.99)* | – | – | ||
| ≥41 | 4.29 | (2.18 to 6.41)*** | Patient consultation h/week | ||||||
| <11 | 1.00 (ref) | ||||||||
| 11–20 | 1.97 | (0.49 to 7.82) | |||||||
| 21–40 | 5.63 | (0.92 to 34.55) | |||||||
| ≥41 | 14.61 | (1.68 to 127.3)* | |||||||
*p<0.05.
**p<0.01.
***p<0.001.
GP, general practitioner.