Table 5.

Proportions of GPs expressing a need for further competence in using the sickness certification guidelines

	To what extent do you need to further develop your competence in using the national guidelines?*
	To a large extent	To a fairly large extent	To some extent	Not at all	PR for a large or fairly large extent
	n=298	n=1061	n=1438	n=310
	%	%	%	%	PR	95% CI
All GPs	9.6	34.1	46.3	10.0	–	–
Educational level
Specialist	8.7	32.3	48.6	10.4	1	–
In resident training	12.3	39.8	40.4	7.5	1.27	1.12 to 1.44
Registered physician	12.9	33.3	45.6	8.7	1.13	0.88 to 1.44
Medical degree	8.0	36.0	41.0	15.0	1.07	0.86 to 1.34
Frequency of GPs' consultations involving sickness certification
>5 Times a week	9.5	33.0	47.0	10.5	1	–
1–5 Times a week	9.5	35.1	45.9	9.5	1.05	0.94 to 1.17
<1 Time a week	12.0	33.8	43.7	10.6	1.08	0.83 to 1.39

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

^*No response from 75 GPs (2.4 %).

GPs, general practitioners.