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. 2010 Oct 6;11:73. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-73

Table 4.

Multivariate linear regression model: association between background variables, user reported experiences and global satisfaction (n = 154)

Variable B SD t Significance
Socio-demographic factors:




Female (reference: male)
-0.13
0.09
-1.40
0.16
Age
-0.00
0.00
-0.53
0.60
Health status
-0.00
0.04
-0.06
0.95
Education (reference: primary school)




Secondary school
-0.07
0.11
-0.61
0.54
University college/university (1-4 years)
0.08
0.12
0.66
0.51
University college/university (4 years or more)
-0.07
0.14
-0.54
0.59
Marital status (reference: married)




Cohabitant
0.04
0.10
0.39
0.70
Living alone
-0.24
0.11
-2.10
0.04
Number of times in contact with the out-of-hours service two last years (reference: 1 time)




2 times
0.06
0.11
0.59
0.56
3-5 times
-0.00
0.11
-0.03
0.98
6-10 times
-0.00
0.15
-0.02
0.98
More than 10 times
0.32
0.19
1.66
0.10
Extent of urgency (reference: very serious)




Serious
0.03
0.12
0.23
0.82
Less serious
-0.22
0.14
-1.60
0.11
Uncertain about seriousness
0.07
0.15
0.46
0.64
Respondent group (reference: patients)




Cares of children under the age of 16
-0.09
0.11
-0.86
0.39
Cares of patients aged 16 or older
0.52
0.21
2.52
0.01
Patient experiences:




Doctor services at the casualty clinic (scale)
0.02
0.00
5.19
0.00
Organization at the casualty clinic (scale)
0.01
0.00
2.51
0.01
Information on own condition (item)
0.14
0.07
2.16
0.03
Enough information on the tests and examinations (item)
0.11
0.06
1.86
0.07
Unanswered question (item)
-0.06
0.04
-1.64
0.10
Incorrect treatment (item) -0.23 0.06 -3.66 0.00

Explained variance global satisfaction (R2 ): 0.732.