Table 2.

 Regression parameter estimates for effect of five factors on enablement

Predictor	Estimate	95% confidence limits
Age (years)	−0.03	−0.03 to −0.02
Gender (female)	0.36	0.20 to 0.53
GHQ case‐ness	−0.29	−0.47 to −0.11
Consultation length (min)	0.07	0.06 to 0.09
‘Knowing the doctor’ (one unit on five‐point scale)	0.44	0.35 to 0.51

Results are based on data from n = 5656 consultations. As the distribution of enablement scores is markedly non‐normal, the confidence limits shown were obtained via bootstrapping. Note that due to the method of their derivation these intervals may not be precisely centred around the original point estimates. ⁵⁶