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.