Table 5:
Confidence in treatment of obesity - Multivariable Ordered Logistic Regression
| Question (Answer considered to be most correct) | I am generally successful in treating obesity in children, adolescents, and young adults. (Agreement) | I feel I am well trained to provide nutrition counseling to children, adolescent, and young adult patients. (Confident) | I feel I am well trained to provide exercise counseling to children, adolescents, and young adult patients. (Confident) | I feel confident about utilization of weight loss medications as a treatment of obesity. (Confident) | I feel confident when discussing potential eligibility for bariatric surgery with pediatric patients. (Confident) | I feel confident about providing patient care before bariatric surgery. (Confident) | I feel confident about providing patient care after bariatric surgery. (Confident) | |||||||
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| OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Training hours (quartile) | ||||||||||||||
| 1st | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- |
| 2nd | 1.38 (0.4 – 5.0) | >0.1 | 1.20 (0.4 – 4.1) | >0.1 | 1.03 (0.3 – 3.4) | >0.1 | 0.41 (0.1 – 2.4) | >0.1 | 1.36 (0.3 – 6.0) | >0.1 | 1.90 (0.5 – 7.9) | >0.1 | 0.96 (0.2 – 4.2) | >0.1 |
| 3rd | 0.75 (0.2 – 2.8) | >0.1 | 1.18 (0.3 – 4.3) | >0.1 | 1.43 (0.4 – 5.0) | >0.1 | 0.06 (0.0 – 1.0) | 0.05 | 1.86 (0.4 – 9.5) | >0.1 | 1.17 (0.2 – 5.5) | >0.1 | 1.37 (0.3 – 6.8) | >0.1 |
| 4th | 4.65 (1.2 – 18.1) | 0.03 | 5.32 (1.4 – 20.9) | 0.02 | 3.92 (1.0 – 14.8) | 0.04 | 0.64 (0.1 – 5.1) | >0.1 | 5.25 (1.2 – 23.5) | 0.03 | 7.06 (1.6 – 31.8) | 0.01 | 5.71 (1.2 – 26.9) | 0.03 |
| BMI class | ||||||||||||||
| Normal | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- |
| Overweight | 0.70 (0.2 – 2.7) | >0.1 | 1.58 (0.4 – 6.1) | >0.1 | 1.70 (0.5 – 6.4) | >0.1 | 5.21 (0.5 – 53.3) | >0.1 | 1.04 (0.2 – 5.8) | >0.1 | 4.69 (1.0 – 22.9) | 0.06 | 6.15 (1.2 – 30.7) | 0.03 |
| Obesity | 0.90 (0.2 – 4.4) | >0.1 | 1.19 (0.3 – 5.0) | >0.1 | 0.42 (0.1 – 1.7) | >0.1 | 0.38 (0.0 – 4.4) | >0.1 | 1.40 (0.3 – 7.6) | >0.1 | 9.88 (1.7 – 56.7) | 0.01 | 3.18 (0.6 – 16.8) | >0.1 |
| Overweight/Obesity prior | 1.32 (0.4 – 4.7) | >0.1 | 1.32 (0.4 – 4.7) | >0.1 | 1.88 (0.5 – 6.4) | >0.1 | 2.72 (0.3 – 22.0) | >0.1 | 1.03 (0.2 – 4.8) | >0.1 | 0.32 (0.1 – 1.4) | >0.1 | 0.57 (0.1 – 2.4) | >0.1 |
| Specialty | ||||||||||||||
| Internal | ||||||||||||||
| Medicine/Pediatrics | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- | ref | --- |
| Pediatrics | 1.08 (0.4 – 3.1) | >0.1 | 2.53 (0.9 – 7.5) | 0.09 | 1.63 (0.6 – 4.7) | >0.1 | 0.03 (0.0 – 0.2) | <0.001 | 0.26 (0.1 – 0.8) | 0.02 | 0.15 (0.0 – 0.5) | 0.002 | 0.05 (0.0 – 0.2) | <0.001 |
OR indicates odds ratio derived from ordered (aka ordinal) logistic regression model, which assumes proportional odds between each level of the dependent variable.
Ref indicates a common reference point to which the other categories where compared to, for interpretation of results.