Table 3. Influence of the patient characteristics on the PS rating. The model incorporated rater as a random variable.

Variable	Parameter	Coefficient	Standard Error	p value
Case Age	Non-geriatric	0.06	0.18	0.73
Case Gender	Male	0.56	0.22	<0.01
Case Social Desirability	Neutral	−0.0142	0.17	0.93
	Desirable	−1.39	0.17	<0.01