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. 2001 Jan 13;322(7278):79–81. doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.79

Table.

The association between patients' causal attribution (physical or psychological) of the reason for consultation and the detection of common mental disorders by primary care doctors. Only cases diagnosed according to psychiatric interview are included

No* Crude odds ratio (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Reason for consultation:
  Physical 168 1 1
 Ambiguous 136 2.20 (1.31 to 3.69) 1.33 (0.72 to 2.48)
 Psychological 26 22.9 (5.7 to 92.2) 6.24 (1.27 to 30.6)
Patients' causal attribution:
 Physical 206 1 1
 Psychological 181 3.22 (2.12 to 4.87) 2.31 (1.43 to 3.74)
Physical illness:
 Absent 274 1 1
 Present 108 0.73 (0.46 to 1.15) 0.54 (0.28 to 1.05)
Disability:
 Absent 245 1 1
 Present 150 1.05 (0.77 to 1.42) 0.91 (0.55 to 1.46)
Common somatic symptoms:
 Below median 118 1 1
 Above median 262 2.45 (1.50 to 3.98) 1.30 (0.74 to 2.28)
Symptom interpretation questionnaire:
 Psychologising:
 Below median 149 1 1
 Above median 233 1.57 (1.04 to 2.37) 0.81 (0.36 to 1.79)
Somatising:
 Below median 182 1 1
 Above median 200 0.95 (0.63 to 1.42) 1.10 (0.67 to 1.80)
Normalising:
 Below median 247 1 1
 Above median 135 0.53 (0.34 to 0.81) 0.75 (0.37 to 1.52)
Clinical interview schedule—revised score:
 12-20 points 186 1 1
>20 points 210 2.04 (1.22 to 3.39) 2.00 (1.15 to 3.50)
*

Number of subjects included in the calculation of crude odds ratios. 

Logistic regression involved 291 subjects only, because cases with missing data are automatically omitted from the procedure. Using Huber White Robust Estimator for clustering of doctors and adjusted for all study variables. 

Fifteen cases are missing and 55 cases are not included because reasons for consultation were unclear or patients were consulting primarily for administrative reasons (for example, physical check ups, to obtain a sickness note, and so on).