Table 2:
Reasons affecting healthcare resource utilisation stratified by their strength (N = 676)
| Reason for visit | Strength of the effect | Total | P value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong | Mild | Don’t know | ||||
| Physician advice, n (%) | ||||||
| No† | 106 (16) | 10 (59) | 6 (35) | 1 (6) | 17 (3) | 0.067 |
| Yes† | 570 (84) | 408 (73) | 147 (26) | 3 (1) | 558 (97) | |
| Institution reputation, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 166 (25) | 10 (42) | 4 (16) | 10 (42) | 24 (6) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 510 (75) | 276 (71) | 110 (28) | 4 (1) | 390 (94) | |
| Staff reputation, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 172 (25) | 12 (42) | 8 (29) | 8 (29) | 28 (6) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 504 (75) | 353 (74) | 115 (24) | 9 (2) | 477 (94) | |
| Increased severity of symptoms, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 187 (30) | 18 (60) | 7 (23) | 5 (17) | 30 (7) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 430 (70) | 383 (94) | 22 (5) | 2 (1) | 407 (93) | |
| Advice from a relative, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 212 (31) | 8 (4) | 32 (15) | 4 (2) | 44 (9) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 464 (69) | 262 (56) | 184 (40) | 3 (1) | 449 (91) | |
| Distance of the institution from home, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 257 (38) | 28 (61) | 16 (35) | 2 (4) | 46 (11) | 0.003 |
| Yes | 419 (62) | 284 (74) | 98 (26) | 0 (0) | 382 (89) | |
| Advice from a friend, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 258 (38) | 4 (8) | 36 (75) | 8 (17) | 48 (11) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 418 (62) | 215 (54) | 182 (46) | 3 (1) | 400 (89) | |
| Symptoms, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 280 (41) | 13 (39) | 12 (36) | 8 (24) | 33 (8) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 396 (59) | 301 (82) | 63 (17) | 2 (1) | 366 (92) | |
| Fear of dangerous disease(s), n (%) | ||||||
| No | 293 (43) | 32 (56) | 12 (21) | 13(23) | 57 (14) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 383 (57) | 301 (84) | 54 (15) | 3 (1) | 358 (86) | |
| Watching/listening to health education programmes, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 306 (45) | 5 (11) | 24 (53) | 16 (36) | 45 (12) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 370 (55) | 174 (53) | 153 (46) | 3 (1) | 330 (88) | |
| Reading health education article(s), n (%) | ||||||
| No | 360 (53) | 18 (33) | 26 (47) | 11 (20) | 55 (16) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 316 (47) | 139 (48) | 147 (51) | 2 (1) | 288 (84) | |
| Obtaining sick leave, n (%) | ||||||
| No | 523 (77) | 11 (44) | 8 (32) | 6 (24) | 25 (17) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 153 (23) | 81 (56) | 37 (27) | 3 (2) | 121 (83) | |
* = P values are for the association between the reason (Yes/No) and the effect of the reason;
† = Yes means cited reason;
† = No means did not cite reason.