Table 3.
number and percentage of GPs who reported at least one EMF-consultation, stratified by GP-characteristics.
| % (95% C.I.) | OR (95% C.I.)a | pb | |
| all GPs | 69 (64 – 74) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 69.5 (63.8 – 74.6) |
1 (reference) |
|
| Female | 68.7 (56.8 – 78.5) |
0.79 (0.40 – 1.56) |
0.50 |
| Age group (years) | |||
| <35 – 44 | 78.1 (66.6 – 86.5) |
1 (reference) |
|
| 45 – 54 | 69.8 (61.3 – 77.2) |
0.52 (0.24 – 1.1) |
|
| 55 – 64 | 65.2 (57.0 – 72.7) |
0.48 (0.23 – 1.02) |
|
| ≥ 65 | 66.7 (39.1 – 86.2) |
0.46 (0.1 – 2.04) |
0.23 |
| Majority of patients comes from rural/urban area | |||
| Majority from rural area | 73.4 (65 – 80.4) |
1 (reference) |
|
| Majority from urban or agglomeration area | 61.9 (53.6 – 69.5) |
0.53 (0.30 – 0.94) |
|
| Equally urban or agglomeration/rural | 75.6 (65.1 – 83.8) |
0.83 (0.4 – 1.69) |
0.079 |
| Self-rated information level | |||
| Rather bad | 55.4 (44.1 – 66.2) |
1 (reference) |
|
| Middle | 69.9 (62.7 – 76.3) |
1.56 (0.86 – 2.87) |
|
| Rather good | 77.8 (68.2 – 85.1) |
2.49 (1.22 – 5.1) |
0.041 |
| Complementary medicine certificate | |||
| None | 63.7 (58.0 – 69.1) |
1 (reference) |
|
| At least onec | 96.6 (88.3 – 99.0) |
16.1 (3.74 – 69.2) |
<0.0001 |
Percentage of GPs who report at least one EMF consultation, stratified by GP-characteristics. aOdds ratio of reporting at least one EMF consultation after multiple logistic regression (model variables: sex, age group, urban/rural patient collective, self rated information level and complementary-medicine certificate). bp-value of likelihood ratio test after logistic regression. cAt least one of the following: traditional Chinese medicine/acupuncture, neural therapy, homeopathy or anthroposophical medicine