Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with long (20 h or longer) patient delay.

	OR (95% CI)	p
Female	1.06 (0.71–1.58)	.773
Age
Age 18–39 years	Reference	Reference
Age 40–64 years	1.68 (1.10–2.58)	.017
Age over 64 years	4.07 (1.68–9.84)	.002
Symptoms
No abdominal pain	4.44 (0.48–41.23)	.190
Fever	1.96 (1.27–3.02)	.002
Nausea	0.49 (0.28–0.83)	.008
Vomiting	0.76 (0.40–1.43)	.390
Loss of appetite	2.57 (1.50–4.42)	<.001
Tenderness to movement	0.62 (0.37–1.03)	.063
Diarrhea	1.34 (0.68–2.62)	.397
Symptom onset
Between 10 pm and 6 am	0.49 (0.31–0.77)	.002
Between Friday 3 pm and Monday 6 am	1.24 (0.84–1.84)	.276
Telephone contact
Referred to see a doctor	Reference	Reference
Not referred to see a doctor	1.68 (0.96–2.94)	.068
No telephone contacts	0.99 (0.65–1.50)	.955
Living alone	0.92 (0.59–1.42)	.700
Educational status
University degree	Reference	Reference
Vocational upper secondary education	1.22 (0.74–2.00)	.434
General upper secondary education	0.79 (0.40–1.57)	.509
Basic education	1.08 (0.50–2.36)	.838
Professional status
Worker	Reference	Reference
Blue collar	0.91 (0.47–1.75)	.769
White collar	1.10 (0.64–1.90)	.733
Entrepreneur	1.42 (0.72–2.80)	.306
Student	0.98 (0.47–2.06)	.965
Student and working	2.55 (1.08–6.04)	.033
Other	0.69 (0.05–9.15)	.780

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

Significant findings with P-values less than 0.05 are bolded.