Table 2.

Proportions of GPs who felt that the national guidelines had facilitated their contacts with different actors

	Do the new national guidelines for sickness certification facilitate your contacts with…*
	…patients?*			…the SIO?†			…the healthcare staff?‡			…the patients' workplaces or employment office?§
	n=1766			n=1163			n=789			n=805
	%	PR	95% CI	%	PR	95% CI	%	PR	95% CI	%	PR	95% CI
All GPs	65.4	–	–	43.5	–	–	29.4	–	–	30.2	–	–
Educational level
Specialist	61.4	1	–	40.3	1	–	25.9	1	–	27.0	1	–
In resident training	70.8	1.15	1.03 to 1.29	46.9	1.17	1.01 to 1.34	34.0	1.31	1.11 to 1.56	34.8	1.29	1.09 to 1.52
Registered physician	70.6	1.15	0.92 to 1.44	46.5	1.15	0.87 to 1.53	43.8	1.69	1.26 to 2.27	34.5	1.28	0.92 to 1.77
Medical degree	87.3	1.42	1.20 to 1.69	65.1	1.62	1.32 to 1.98	43.5	1.68	1.32 to 2.15	46.7	1.73	1.37 to 2.20
Frequency of GPs' consultations involving sickness certification
>5 Times a week	59.5	1	–	37.0	1	–	25.0	1	–	25.5	1	–
1–5 Times a week	69.2	1.16	1.05 to 1.28	47.3	1.28	1.13 to 1.45	31.8	1.27	1.10 to 1.47	33.2	1.30	1.13 to 1.51
<1 Time a week	75.2	1.26	1.01 to 1.58	61.1	1.65	1.28 to 2.13	44.7	1.79	1.33 to 2.41	38.8	1.52	1.11 to 2.08

Data are presented as prevalence ratio (PR) with 95% CI.

^*No response from 101 (3%) GPs, and 380 (12%) GPs did not use the guidelines.

^†No response from 127 (4%) GPs, and 380 (12%) GPs did not use the guidelines.

^‡No response from 120 (4%) GPs, and 380 (12%) GPs did not use the guidelines.

^§No response from 133 (4%) GPs, and 380 (12%) GPs did not use the guidelines.

GPs, general practitioners; SIO, social insurance office.