Table 5.

Logistic regression models on the association of low enablement at consultations (<25th percentile, patient enablement score 0-5) and patient, physician, and practice characteristics

Predictor	Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and P values (low enablement)
	men	P	women	P
Patient characteristics:
age	1.02 (1.01-1.03)	0.003	1.01 (1.00-1.02)	0.054
education	0.83 (0.71-0.98)	0.024	0.70 (0.62-0.80)	<0.001
self-perceived economic status	1.11 (0.94-1.31)	0.240	1.07 (0.93-1.23)	0.303
self-perceived health status	1.76 (1.49-2.07)	<0.001	1.77 (1.53-2.04)	<0.001
No. of self-reported chronic diseases per patient	1.06 (0.97-1.15)	0.208	1.02 (0.96-1.10)	0.497
quality of life	0.80 (0.75-0.86)	<0.001	0.81 (0.77-0.86)	<0.001
consultation length	0.98 (0.96-1.01)	0.178	0.99 (0.96-1.01)	0.329
knowing the physician	0.56 (0.47-0.67)	<0.001	0.52 (0.45-0.61)	<0.001
No. of problems the patient wanted to discuss	0.81 (0.60-1.07)	0.140	1.07 (0.85-1.33)	0.578
Physician characteristics:
age	0.97 (0.95-0.99)	0.008	0.98 (0.97-1.00)	0.085
sex:
female (ref)	1.00		1.00
male	1.36 (1.06-1.75)	0.016	1.11 (0.88-1.39)	0.381
vocational training:
general practice/family medicine specialist (ref)	1.00		1.00
other	0.96 (0.74-1.23)	0.735	1.15 (0.92-1.43)	0.218
working experience as a general practitioner	1.02 (0.998-1.04)	0.074	1.02 (1.01-1.04)	0.009
educational work:
yes (ref)	1.00		1.00
no	0.97 (0.78-1.21)	0.794	0.84 (0.70-1.01)	0.066
Practice characteristics:
No. of patients per day	0.98 (0.97-0.99)	0.015	0.99 (0.98-1.00)	0.226
type of practice:
other (ref)	1.00		1.00
rural	0.87 (0.69-1.09)	0.221	1.17 (0.96-1.43)	0.113