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. 2013 Aug 28;15(8):e187. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2702

Table 3.

Independent factors associated with physician-rating website relevant issues (unweighted sample).

Variables Awareness Searching Rating Positive impact Negative impact

OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Age

.80

.87

.99

.99

.99
Gender















Female 1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00


Male 0.75 0.57, 0.98 .04 0.81 0.61, 1.08 .13 1.35 0.91, 1.99 .22 0.84 0.62, 1.14 .22 0.79 0.57, 1.11 .13
Marital status

.36

.04

.53

.69

.17

Married 1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00


Single 1.02 0.73, 1.41 .74 0.85 0.60, 1.21 .47 0.88 0.54, 1.44 .99 1.01 0.70, 1.45 .87 1.13 0.76, 1.68 .42

Divorced 1.09 0.70, 1.68 .63 1.29 0.82, 2.01 .24 1.28 0.71, 2.30 .29 1.38 0.85, 2.22 .23 1.46 0.85, 2.51 .13

Widowed 2.24 0.97, 5.17 .08 2.92 1.26, 6.75 .02 1.70 0.57, 5.03 .23 1.32 0.50, 3.48 .82 2.58 0.97, 6.89 .07
Education

.25

.16

.32

.76

.13

Matura examination 1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00


Technical university entrance qualification 0.74 0.49, 1.10 .16 0.80 0.52, 1.22 .30 1.01 0.58, 1.78 .90 0.94 0.60, 1.46 .78 0.83 0.51, 1.34 .53

Intermediate secondary school 0.83 0.59, 1.15 .26 0.90 0.64, 1.28 .57 0.86 0.53, 1.41 .52 0.93 0.64, 1.34 .83 0.79 0.53, 1.19 .25

Polytechnic secondary school 0.76 0.41, 1.42 .42 0.55 0.27, 1.09 .10 0.28 0.08, 0.99 .045 1.14 0.58, 2.24 .57 0.33 0.12, 0.89 .03

Secondary general school 0.76 0.47, 1.22 .25 0.58 0.34, 0.99 .04 1.15 0.61, 2.19 .92 0.70 0.39, 1.25 .30 0.44 0.22, 0.88 .03

Others 0.21 0.05, 0.98 .045 0.33 0.07, 1.54 .15 0.28 0.03, 2.82 .22 0.57 0.14, 2.24 .31 0.00 0.00, .99
Labor

.45

.58

.37

.25

.17

Self-employed 1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00


Civil servants 0.90 0.43, 1.87 .78 0.83 0.38, 1.80 .62 2.76 0.89, 8.58 .15 1.08 0.48, 2.42 .94 1.13 0.47, 2.71 .94

Employee 0.63 0.39, 1.01 .07 0.63 0.38, 1.04 .09 1.46 0.64, 3.36 .35 0.81 0.47, 1.38 .40 0.88 0.49, 1.57 .43

Apprentices 0.78 0.36, 1.69 .60 0.77 0.34, 1.73 .55 0.60 0.16, 2.25 .46 0.64 0.28, 1.48 .30 0.57 0.23, 1.41 .13

Unemployed 0.84 0.39, 1.83 .71 0.82 0.36, 1.85 .63 1.09 0.31, 3.90 .99 0.87 0.37, 2.08 .56 0.87 0.32, 2.33 .53

Pensioners 0.55 0.30, 1.01 .06 0.64 0.34, 1.20 .17 1.90 0.73, 4.92 .21 0.52 0.26, 1.07 .06 0.49 0.22, 1.08 .05

Others 0.71 0.37, 1.35 .43 0.47 0.23, 0.96 .047 1.46 0.50, 4.24 .37 0.44 0.20, 0.97 .05 0.41 0.17, 1.02 .07
Health insurance















Statutory health insurance 1.00
1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00


Private health insurance 0.63 0.42, 0.94 .03 0.61 0.40, 0.93 .04 0.48 0.25, 0.92 .04 0.70 0.44, 1.09 .14 0.81 0.50, 1.32 .41
Health care utilization

<.001

<.001

<.001

<.001

.003

No treatment 1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00


1 1.80 0.99, 3.27 .05 1.71 0.89, 3.31 .10 2.26 0.62, 8.25 .21 1.87 0.91, 3.84 .07 1.95 0.92, 4.16 .08

2 3.05 1.71, 5.44 <.001 2.88 1.53, 5.42 <.001 5.04 1.48, 17.18 .01 2.35 1.17, 4.70 .01 1.76 0.83, 3.72 .16

3 2.61 1.44, 4.71 .001 2.48 1.30, 4.74 .005 3.61 1.03, 12.71 .04 2.49 1.23, 5.05 .008 2.57 1.22, 5.45 .02

4 2.72 1.46, 5.06 .002 2.73 1.39, 5.37 .003 5.46 1.54, 19.42 .005 3.60 1.74, 7.46 <.001 2.77 1.27, 6.05 .008

5+ 4.16 2.34, 7.38 <.001 3.75 2.00, 7.00 <.001 7.47 2.21, 25.27 <.001 4.07 2.05, 8.05 <.001 3.67 1.78, 7.57 <.001
Internet use

.13

.06

.17

.06

.14

> once a day 1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00


once a day 0.72 0.47, 1.10 .09 0.63 0.40, 1.01 .05 0.59 0.30, 1.18 .06 0.63 0.38, 1.05 .06 0.61 0.34, 1.10 .07

< once a day 0.69 0.37, 1.30 .21 0.69 0.36, 1.35 .18 1.04 0.45, 2.38 .66 0.68 0.33, 1.39 .14 1.01 0.48, 2.14 .80
Health Status

.99

.99

.26

.72

.98