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. 2011 Jun 13;6(6):e20837. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020837

Table 6. Practitioner and patient characteristics and odds of practitioner having inadequate skills in language of consultation – Univariate Analyses.

Characteristic Odds Ratio Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI P Value
Family medicine practitioner Age 1.019 0.992 1.047 0.171
Female Practitioner 0.772 0.370 1.609 0.489
Qualification date 0.982 0.954 1.010 0.211
Practitioner - Advanced Nurse Practitioner 1.414 0.284 7.043 0.672
Practitioner – General Practice Principal 0.715 0.309 1.653 0.432
Practitioner – Trainee 1.372 0.360 5.235 0.643
Practitioner - Locum 1.105 0.206 5.938 0.907
Practitioner - Other 0.773 0.172 3.477 0.737
Practitioner - Salaried General Practitioner 1.000 Referent
Patient Age 1.007 0.997 1.018 0.178
Patient Female 1.465 0.916 2.342 0.111

N.B. Odds ratio greater than 1 is associated with inadequate language skills.