TABLE 4.

Factors associated with no deterioration in health status or HRQoL over 12 months (logistic regression)

	Physical Health OR (95% CI)	Mental Health OR (95% CI)	HRQoL OR (95% CI)
Organization
Family medicine group	0.97 (0.57,1.65)	1.14 (0.64,2.04)	0.94 (0.53,1.67)
Solo practitioner	1.29 (0.59,2.83)	0.85 (0.38,1.90)	0.87 (0.38,1.99)
Group practice	1.13 (0.66,1.93)	1.59 (0.87,2.91)	1.03 (0.58,1.83)
Community health clinic (REF)	1	1	1
Chronic Disease
Arthritis	0.95 (0.54,1.67)	1.10 (0.61,1.99)	1.17 (0.64,2.15)
Heart failure	1.74 (0.82,3.28)	2.13 (1.16,3.91)	0.68 (0.36,1.29)
Diabetes	2.03 (1.16,3.55)	1.69 (0.85,3.34)	1.94 (1.05,3.59)
COPD (REF)	1	1	1
Co-morbidity
Number of co-morbid conditions	0.78 (0.70,0.86)	0.88 (0.78,0.98)	0.92 (0.82,1.02)
Sociodemographics
Age	1.02 (1.01,1.04)	1.00 (0.98,1.02)	1.01 (0.98,1.03)
Female sex	0.94 (0.63,1.42)	1.13 (0.72,1.78)	1.25 (0.81,1.93)
College education	1.15 (0.73,1.83)	1.23 (0.73,2.08)	1.06 (0.65,1.74)
Low self-perceived SES	0.81 (0.49,1.33)	0.45 (0.27,0.75)	1.18 (0.68,2.03)
Canadian vs. immigrant	1.54 (0.86,2.76)	2.04 (1.12,3.73)	1.35 (0.73,2.50)
Social support	1.29 (0.26,6.39)	2.28 (0.46,11.41)	0.94 (0.17,5.31)
Single	0.90 (0.59,1.38)	0.78 (0.49,1.24)	0.93 (0.59,1.47)

Notes: REF = reference category.

Numbers in bold indicate statistically significant associations.