Table 5.
Who is responsible for adapting health care to diversity, according to the health professionals in the COMETH study in Belgium in 2010–2012 : Covariates of responsibility, Beta and 95% Confidence Intervals from the mixed regression model (n = 569)
| Score of responsibility according to the factor analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |
Score of responsibility for adaptation to the instrumental communication [-2; +2] |
Score of responsibility for adaptation to the negotiation of values [-2; +2] |
Score of responsibility for adaptation to the health beliefs [-2; +2] |
|
Covariates of responsibility |
Beta [95% CI] |
Beta [95% CI] |
Beta [95% CI] |
|
Professional background |
|
|
|
| Physicians |
-0.31 [-0.55; -0.10] |
- |
-0.49 [-0.70; -0.29] |
| Other professions± |
0.00 |
- |
0.00 |
|
Nationality |
|
|
|
| Belgian |
0.46 [0.19; 0.71] |
0.32 [0.06; 0.57] |
- |
| Non Belgian± |
0.00 |
0.00 |
- |
|
Type of health service |
|
|
|
| Intensive care unit |
- |
- |
0.34 [0.19; 0.49] |
| Not an intensive care unit± |
- |
- |
0.00 |
| Primary care service |
0.52 [0.25; 0.79] |
-0.52 [-0.78; -0.25] |
- |
| Not a primary care service± |
0.00 |
0.00 |
- |
|
Covariates estimates |
|
|
|
| Random intercept┼ |
0.04 |
0.04 |
- |
| p = 0.073 |
p = 0.08 |
||
| Residual |
0.91 |
0.93 |
0.94 |
| p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | |
±Indicates the reference category- Indicates non-significant results ┼random intercept = service.
A score below 0 implied that the responsibility was attributed to the health professionals.
A score over 0 implied that the responsibility was attributed to the patients.