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Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Jan 3;98(4):453–461. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.12.003

Table 2.

Association of Opioid Discussion with Provider Attitudes towards Patient

Provider Attitude	Unadjusted^a OR	(95% CI)	Adjusted^a,^b OR	(95% CI)
Frustration^c	2.13	(1.03–4.43)	1.84	(0.87–3.91)
Affiliation^d	0.74	(0.36–1.50)	0.76	(0.38–1.53)
Positive Regard^e	0.50	(0.27–0.93)	0.51	(0.27–0.95)

Comparing encounters with discussion of opioids to those without discussion of opioids, all analyses (adjusted and unadjusted) account for study site and clustering of patients within providers using GEE.

Additionally adjusted for patient gender, employment, depressive symptoms, and illicit drug use.

Odds ratio referenced against provider strongly disagrees or disagrees with the statement “this patient frustrates me”.

Odds ratio referenced against provider strongly disagrees or disagrees with the statement “I could see myself being friends with this patient.

Odds ratio referenced against low provider regard.