Table 4.
Association between GPs’ characteristics& and agreement for smoking status (n = 2322)
| Univariate analysis | Multivariable analysis * | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
| Age (years, ref :≤ 50) | 0.90 | 0.94 | ||||
| 51-56 | 1.00 | 0.57-1.74 | 0.97 | 0.58-1.63 | ||
| 57-61 | 1.01 | 0.61-1.69 | 1.02 | 0.63-1.66 | ||
| ≥62 | 0.84 | 0.48-1.48 | 0.87 | 0.51-1.51 | ||
| Male | 1.28 | 0.87-1.89 | 0.22 | 0.71 | 0.48-1.05 | 0.088 |
| Teaching medical school course | 1.43 | 0.98-2.08 | 0.063 | |||
| Responsibility in an organization providing CME# | 1.66 | 1.10-2.50 | 0.015 | |||
| Participation in a CME# about managing smoking cessation | 1.54 | 1.07-2.21 | 0.021 | 1.71 | 1.18-2.49 | 0.005 |
| Participation in a CME# about colon cancer screening | 1.38 | 0.92-2.06 | 0.12 | |||
| Participation in a study about colon cancer screening | 0.73 | 0.46-1.17 | 0.19 | |||
| Participation in peer groups | 1.42 | 0.97-2.08 | 0.072 | |||
| Reporting specific skills in managing hypertension | 1.32 | 0.87-1.99 | 0.19 | 1.72 | 1.11-2.65 | 0.015 |
| Reporting specific skills in managing smoking cessation | 1.35 | 0.86-2.10 | 0.19 | |||
| Reporting specific skills about cervical cancer screening | 1.35 | 0.90-2.04 | 0.15 | |||
| Using computerized medical files | 0.68 | 0.38-1.22 | 0.19 | |||
Inter-GP variance: s2 = 0.31, Hosmer-Lemeshow test of goodness of fit: P = 0.11.
& Only GPs characteristics with P ≤ 0.20 in univariate analysis are shown.
*adjusted for patient’s sex, patient’s age, duration of time seeing this GP, number of consultations during the past year, patient’s occupation, GP’s age and GP’s sex.
#CME: Continuing medical education.