Table 5.
Factors associated with incorrect management (inconsistent with expert opinion) in phase 1 (N=50).
| Explanatory variable | Inappropriate referral | Inappropriate prescription | Unnecessary tests | ||||
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OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |
| Age | — |
|
— |
|
0.98 (0.96, 1.00) | .04 | |
| GP sessions worked/week | — |
|
1.12 (1.03, 1.22) | .008 | — |
|
|
| Sex | — |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Female |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
|
|
0.44 (0.26, 0.74) | .002 |
|
|
| Graduated in Australia |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
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No | 1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes | 0.47 (0.23, 0.97) | .04 |
|
|
|
|
| Patient consultations hours/week | — |
|
— |
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|
|
|
|
|
<21 |
|
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
21-40 |
|
|
|
|
1.87 (1.08, 3.22) | .03 |
|
|
>41 |
|
|
|
|
2.01 (1.14, 3.56) | .02 |
| Position | — |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Nonprincipal |
|
|
0.49 (0.21, 1.11) | .09 |
|
|
|
|
Others |
|
|
0.25 (0.09, 0.71) | .009 |
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| Cases |
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
Constipation | 1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
Diarrhea | 0.29 (0.07, 1.25) | .10 | 1.90 (0.78, 4.62) | .16 | 15.92 (6.11, 41.47) | <.001 |
|
|
Radiation dermatitis | 0.03 (0.01, 0.11) | <.001 | 59.41 (14.05, 251.26) | <.001 | 2.19 (0.88, 5.46) | .09 |
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Postchemotherapy infection | 0.11 (0.03, 0.38) | <.001 | 4.66 (1.82, 11.91) | .001 | 3.15 (1.23, 8.07) | .02 |
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Postoperative seroma | 0.07 (0.02, 0.30) | <.001 | 0, 30 (0.08, 1.04) | .06 | 1.62 (0.53, 5.00) | .40 |
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Vomiting | 0.09 (0.03, 0.32) | <.001 | 4.66 (1.90, 11.43) | .001 | 7.32 (2.49, 21.59) | <.001 |