Table 2.

Multivariable Associations of High Patient Comfort^*

Correlates	Base Model Adjusted Bivariate OR (95% CI)	P Value	Final Model OR (95% CI)	P Value
Patient variables
Gender
Male	1.0	.192	1.0	.018
Female	1.38 (0.85–2.25)		2.05 (1.13–3.72)
Race
White	1.0		1.0
African American	1.40 (0.88–2.24)	.480	1.29 (0.67–2.42)	.735
Hispanic	1.30 (0.53–3.19)		1.25 (0.41–3.76)
Other	2.03 (0.44–9.39)		2.54 (0.36–17.96)
Education   Less than high school diploma	0.67 (0.37–1.24)	.202	0.45 (0.22–.93)	.031
Depression tertile
1	1.0	.005	1.0	.201
2	0.45 (0.27–0.73)		0.65 (0.39–1.07)
3	0.51 (0.29–0.91)		0.89 (0.49–1.61)
On antiretroviral therapy (Reference=no)	2.15 (1.36–3.40)	.001	2.33 (1.18–4.6)	.015
Current problematic alcohol use (Reference=no)	0.32 (0.15–0.66)	.002	0.33 (0.15–0.72)	.006
Current drug use (Reference=no)	0.46 (0.28–0.77)	.003	0.33 (0.15–0.72)	.015
High communication Self-efficacy	2.90 (1.72–4.89)	<.001	1.96 (1.08–3.54)	.025
PAM tertile
1	1.0	<.001	1.0	.037
2	1.56 (0.95–2.57)		1.55 (0.81–2.95)
3	3.12 (1.84–5.32)		2.66 (1.24–5.69)
Length of visit (Odds for a 10 minute increase)	0.75 (0.61–.92)	.006	0.78 (0.64–0.99)	.015
Provider Variables
Gender
Male	1.0	.545	1.0	.314
Female	1.19 (.67–2.12)		1.41 (.72–2.74)
Race
White	1.0	.611	1.0	.927
Non-white	1.14 (0.69–1.90)		1.03 (0.57–1.87)
Type of provider
Physician	1.0	0.70	1.0	.087
Midlevel	1.91 (0.95–3.84)		2.17 (0.89–5.27)
Communication training
No	1.0	0.156	1.0	.859
Yes	1.49 (0.86–2.60)		0.94 (0.50–1.78)

^*Multivariable Model A reports the odds of high comfort for each independent variable while controlling for site and provider clustering. The Final Model includes all variables, as well as site and adjustment for provider clustering.