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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Oct 23;85(2):286–289. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.09.016

Table 3.

Generalized estimating equation results predicting caregiver satisfaction with the medical visit (N=320)

Independent Variables Adjusted beta (95% confidence interval)
Child’s severity of asthma- moderate/severe 0.22 (−3.91, 4.36)
Years living with asthma −0.58 (−1.14, −0.02)*
Caregiver age 0.07 (−0.16, 0.29)
Caregiver gender −1.43 (−5.93, 3.07)
Caregiver race-White −0.11 (−3.86, 3.64)
Caregiver years of education 0.65 (0.20, 1.10)*
Provider gender-female −4.83 (−7.83, −1.82)**
Provider race-White 3.20 (−3.13, 9.54)
Provider age −0.21 (−0.35, −0.06)**
How long have you and your family
known the provider 1.86 (0.13, 3.58)*
Caregiver rating of provider use of a
participatory decision-making style 17.80 (11.34, 24.24)***
Length of visit 0.01 (−0.01, 0.01)
*

p< 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p <0.001