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. 2019 Oct 8;9(10):e029801. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029801

Table 2.

Likelihood (OR) of satisfaction for different demographic and call-related characteristics

Crude OR (95% CI) n=19 476† Adjusted OR (95% CI) n=16 307†
Gender
 Female (ref) 1 1
 Male 1.01 (0.94 to 1.09) 0.84 (0.75 to 0.93)*
Age (years)
 0–4 1.81 (1.62 to 2.02) 2.21 (1.90 to 2.57)*
 5–17 2.07 (1.84 to 2.32) 1.93 (1.65 to 2.26)*
 18–39 (ref) 1 1
 40–59 1.55 (1.40 to 1.72) 1.42 (1.23 to 1.63)*
 60–79 2.70 (2.33 to 3.12) 2.82 (2.29 to 3.49)*
 ≥80 2.35 (1.77 to 3.13) 2.35 (1.49 to 3.68)*
Reason for encounter
 Somatic illness (ref) 1 1
 Somatic injury 2.20 (1.97 to 2.47) 1.96 (1.72 to 2.23)*
Triage response
 Face-to-face consultation (ref) 1 1
 Telephone consultation 0.40 (0.37 to 0.44) 0.44 (0.40 to 0.49)*
Time of the call
 Daytime weekday 1.05 (0.92 to 1.20) 0.65 (0.54 to 0.78)*
 Daytime OOH (ref) 1 1
 Evening/night OOH 1.05 (0.95 to 1.16) 0.95 (0.82 to 1.09)
Waiting time
 0–10 min (ref) 1 1
 10–20 min 0.60 (0.55 to 0.67) 0.55 (0.48 to 0.64)*
 ≥20 min 0.32 (0.27 to 0.37) 0.25 (0.20 to 0.30)*
Consultation time
 0–6 min (ref) 1 1
 ≥6 min 1.01 (0.91 to 1.11) 1.08 (0.95 to 1.23)
First call-taker
 Nurse (ref) 1
 Physician 0.76 (0.69 to 0.83)
Call forwarded to a physician
 Yes 0.52 (0.47 to 0.58) 0.68 (0.58 to 0.78)*
 No (ref) 1 1

*P value<0.05.

†The lowest amount of observations in the models.

OOH, out-of-hours.