Table 2.
Association between declared practices regarding tonsillitis and individual risk attitudes, in multivariate analysis (N=1093)
| Variables | Percentage | aOR | Percentage | aOR | Percentage | aOR | Percentage | aOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator 1: awareness and use of tonsillitis guidelines |
Indicator 2: use of RADT in the last patient |
Indicator 3: good antibiotic prescription practices among GPs using RADT† |
Indicator 4: antibiotic prescriptions among GPs not using RADT† |
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| GPs’ characteristics | ||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 66.6 | 1 | 55.2 | 1 | 98.0 | 1 | 54.3 | 1 |
| Female | 76.9 | 1.46* | 69.8 | 1.58** | 99.0 | 1.28** | 36.1 | 1.32*** |
| Age | ||||||||
| <45 | 78.6 | 1.35 | 75.1 | 1.79** | 100 | 1.35** | 37.0 | 1.32** |
| 45–54 | 72.1 | 1 | 60.5 | 1 | 97.6 | 1 | 44.3 | 1 |
| >54 | 62.4 | 0.69* | 50.0 | 0.67** | 97.9 | 0.76** | 58.4 | 0.73*** |
| Location of practice | ||||||||
| Urban | 65.9 | 0.91 | 60.3 | 1.28 | 99.6 | 1.16 | 54.9 | 1.09 |
| Peri-urban | 73.4 | 1.24 | 66.9 | 1.59** | 99.3 | 1.29** | 50.7 | 1.22* |
| Rural | 69.3 | 1 | 56.4 | 1 | 97.5 | 1 | 49.3 | 1 |
| Volume of activity | ||||||||
| <2849 | 66.8 | 0.82 | 54.6 | 0.69* | 98.6 | 0.78* | 49.9 | 0.82 |
| 2849–5494 | 70.7 | 1 | 63.2 | 1 | 98.4 | 1 | 51.4 | 1 |
| >5494 | 68.6 | 0.98 | 54.1 | 0.75 | 98.0 | 0.82* | 50.1 | 0.89 |
| Domains of risk-aversion | ||||||||
| Daily life | ||||||||
| Risk-averse | 69.7 | 0.96 | 60.4 | 0.94 | 97.8 | 0.76 | 54.1 | 1.18* |
| Risk-tolerant | 68.7 | 1 | 58.6 | 1 | 98.7 | 1 | 49.5 | 1 |
| No answer | 78.9 | 1.50 | 51.9 | 0.67 | 100 | 1.2 | 30.4 | 1.43 |
| Patients’ health | ||||||||
| Risk-averse | 72.6 | 1.56** | 69.9 | 0.99 | 99.4 | 1.67** | 48.1 | 0.93 |
| Risk-tolerant | 61.5 | 1 | 57.9 | 1 | 96.0 | 1 | 56.8 | 1 |
| No answer | 83.0 | 2.90* | 55.7 | 0.83 | 100 | 1.9 | 38.9 | 0.67 |
| Personal finances | ||||||||
| Risk-averse | 72.8 | 1.45** | 62.7 | 1.30* | 98.4 | 0.99 | 50.7 | 1.11 |
| Risk-tolerant | 64.2 | 1 | 55.1 | 1 | 98.1 | 1 | 51.4 | 1 |
| No answer | 73.6 | 1.46 | 48.2 | 0.71 | 100 | 0.75 | 42.6 | 0.68 |
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.
†Sample selection models in two steps were performed to take into account the selection effect of the sample; for these models, all three domains of risk were entered in the model 1 by 1. Adjusted ORs cannot be obtained directly from these models, but they were calculated from the marginal effects.
aOR in bold typeface indicates statistically significant results (p<0.05).
aOR, adjusted OR; GP, general practitioner; RADT, Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test.