Table 2.
General practitioners’ assessment of how often knowledge of 1359 patients’ social problems influenced their management in relation to the main reason for each consultation.* Values are numbers (percentages) of patients
| Main reason for consultation | Influence on management |
|---|---|
| Psychological | 54/81 (67) |
| Social | 6/11 (55) |
| General | 23/115 (20) |
| Digestive | 10/54 (19) |
| Neurological | 9/51 (18) |
| Musculoskeletal | 50/284 (18) |
| Female genital | 9/62 (15) |
| Urological | 4/28 (14) |
| Pregnancy | 15/116 (13) |
| Endocrine | 8/64 (13) |
| Circulatory | 24/208 (12) |
| Blood | 3/26 (12) |
| Eye | 2/19 (11) |
| Ear | 1/19 (5) |
| Skin | 3/67 (4) |
| Respiratory | 3/142 (2) |
| Male genital | 0/12 |
*
Main reason for consultation based on definitions in International Classification of Primary Care.12 Data for 1359 consultations, 42 missing due to lack of one or more variables.