Table 2.

Association between contacts involving a positive patient attitude towards nurse substitution and characteristics related to patients and GPs

		Patients assessing nurse substitution feasible
		Prevalence (N)	Prevalence difference (95% CI)	Prevalence ratio (95 CI)	Adj. prevalence ratio* (95 CI)	p-value
Patient characteristics
Gender	Female	0.10 (137)	ref	1	1
	Male	0.14 (109)	0.03 (0.004-0.06)	1.32 (1.04-1.67)	1.42 (1.10-1.82)	0.007
Age (years)	18-40	0.20 (96)	ref	1	1
	41-50	0.10 (36)	-0.10 (-0.15- -0.06)	0.49 (0.34-0.70)	0.46 (0.31-0.67)	<0.001
	51-60	0.08 (30)	-0.12 (-0.17- -0.08)	0.39 (0.26-0.57)	0.34 (0.22-0.53)	<0.001
	61-70	0.11 (51)	-0.09 (-0.14- -0.04)	0.54 (0.40-0.75)	0.55 (0.39-0.78)	0.001
	>70	0.08 (32)	-0.12 (-0.16- -0.08)	0.39 (0.27-0.58)	0.46 (0.30-0.70)	<0.001
Number of chronic conditions	0	0.13 (115)	ref	1	1
	1	0.11 (77)	-0.02 (-0.06- 0.01)	0.83 (0.63-1.09)	0.96 (0.72-1.30)	0.799
	≥2	0.10 (54)	-0.04 (-0.07- -0.005)	0.71 (0.52-0.97)	0.92 (0.64-1.33)	0.655
Type of contact	New episode	0.12 (125)	ref	1	1
	Follow-up	0.11 (107)	-0.01 (-0.04-0.02)	0.91 (0.72-1.16)	1.02 (0.64-1.33)	0.896
GP characteristics
Gender	Female	0.12 (105)	ref	1	1
	Male	0.12 (140)	0.0001 (0.027-0.03)	1.00 (0,79-1.27)	0.98 (0.75-1.28)	0.863
Seniority (years in practice)	<6	0.15 (68)	ref	1	1
	6-10	0.08 (23)	-0.07 (-0.12- -0.03)	0.53 (0.34-0.83)	0.62 (0.39-0.97)	0.038
	11-20	0.12 (86)	-0.03 (-0.07- -0.01)	0.79 (0.59-1.07)	0.87 (0.64-1.19)	0.380
	>20	0.10 (69)	-0.05 (-0.10- -0.01)	0.64 (0.47-0.88)	0.73 (0.53-1.04)	0.082
Type of practice	Group	0.11 (164)	ref	1	1
	Single-handed	0.14 (75)	0.02 (-0.01-0.06)	1.22 (0.94-1.57)	1.25 (0.94-1.57)	0.090

*Adjusted for patient related factors (gender, age, number of chronic conditions, type of contact (new episode or follow up)), and GP related factors (gender, number of years as GP, type of practice).