Table 4.
Factors Associated with Physicians’ Support for Shared Decision Making: Adjusted Logistic Regression Results1
| Odds Ratio | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|
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| Screening Context | ||
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| USPSTF Evidence Grade | ||
| A | 1.00 | |
| B | 0.74 | 0.61, 0.91 |
| C | 0.76 | 0.58, 0.99 |
| D | 0.63 | 0.48, 0.83 |
| I | 0.72 | 0.57, 0.91 |
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| Decision not to screen elders | 0.45 | 0.36, 0.56 |
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| Physician | ||
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| Age | 0.99 | 0.98, 1.01 |
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| Race | ||
| White | 1.00 | |
| Asian | 1.05 | 0.67, 1.64 |
| Other | 0.85 | 0.52, 1.39 |
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| Male | 1.00 | |
| Female | 1.27 | 0.90, 1.77 |
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| Specialty | ||
| Family medicine | 1.00 | |
| General internal medicine/other | 1.02 | 0.74,1.39 |
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| No university affiliation | 1.00 | |
| University affiliation | 0.92 | 0.67, 1.27 |
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| Motivation for shared decision making (SDM) | ||
| Benefits of SDM (intrinsic) | 2.29 | 1.87, 2.79 |
| External pressure (extrinsic) | 0.94 | 0.84, 1.05 |
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| Practice size | ||
| Solo/partner | 1.00 | |
| Small group | 0.87 | 0.59, 1.29 |
| Large group | 0.88 | 0.59, 1.33 |
1
Interclass correlation coefficient = 0.33.
USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force.