Table 6.

Associations of Within-Registrar Changes in Benzodiazepine Initiation (By Term): Univariate and Multivariable Models

		Univariate (including time)		Adjusted
Variable	Class	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Time (term)		1.00 (0.90, 1.10)	0.94	1.04 (0.87, 1.24)	0.69
Patient age group	35–64	1.26 (1.06, 1.51)	0.009	1.18 (0.98, 1.43)	0.085
Referent: 16–34	65+	0.67 (0.52, 0.85)	0.001	0.68 (0.52, 0.90)	0.007
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	Yes	2.63 (1.74, 3.98)	< 0.001	2.39 (1.50, 3.81)	< 0.001
NESB*	Yes	0.44 (0.29, 0.67)	0.001	0.49 (0.30, 0.78)	0.003
New problem	Yes	1.13 (0.97, 1.32)	0.12	1.07 (0.91, 1.27)	0.40
Sought assistance	Yes	1.52 (1.25, 1.84)	< 0.001	1.32 (1.05, 1.65)	0.016
Registrar age		1.02 (1.00, 1.03)	0.031	0.99 (0.76, 1.28)	0.94
Consultation duration†		1.03 (1.02, 1.04)	< 0.001	1.03 (1.02, 1.04)	< 0.001

*NESB non-English-speaking background

^†For each minute of consultation time