Table 4.
Multivariate regression models.
| Multivariate regression models | P value | Beta (95% CI) | ||
| Importance of obtaining health information | ||||
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Shared decision making | |||
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Important | .03 | –.558 (–0.969 to –0.147) |
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Neutral | .008 | –.500 (–0.952 to –0.048) |
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Unimportant (constant) | —a | — |
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Questioning decisions of physicians | |||
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Important | .03 | –.642 (–1.222 to –0.061) |
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Neutral | .12 | –.467 (–1.052 to 0.119) |
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Unimportant (constant) | — | — |
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Agebin years | |||
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18-34 (constant) | — | — |
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35-44 | .069 | –.186 (–0.386 to 0.014) |
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45-54 | .047 | –.183 (–0.363 to –0.002) |
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55-64 | .10 | –.126 (–0.278 to 0.026) |
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>65 | .099 | –.124 (–0.271 to 0.023) |
| Expectations concerning personal health care | ||||
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Education | |||
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High school or lower | .04 | –.155 (–0.303 to –0.007) |
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Bachelor degree | .84 | –.015 (–0.153 to 0.124) |
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Master degree or higher (constant) | — | — |
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Shared decision making | |||
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Important | .008 | –.566 (–0.983 to –0.148) |
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Neutral | .03 | –.521 (–0.989 to –0.052) |
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Unimportant (constant) | — | — |
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Finding relevant health information | |||
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Difficult (constant) | — | — |
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Not difficult or not easy | .017 | .180 (0.032 to 0.328) |
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Easy | .022 | .197 (0.028-0.366) |
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Problems in understanding health information | |||
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Frequently | .99 | .002 (–0.234 to 0.237) |
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Sometimes | .037 | –.141 (–0.272 to –0.009) |
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Rarely (constant) | — | — |
aNot applicable.
bOwing to collinearity with employment status, only age was used for the multivariate regression.