Table 7. Results from the analysis of behaviour related to the dog in the first two minutes of D and DA visits.

Physical contact to the dog
Period 1		OR	95% CI	P-value
Main effects	GBS	0.5a	0.3–0.8	<0.01
Period 2
Main effects	No. of visit	1.5b	1.1–2.0	<0.05
	Age	2.1c	1.1–4.2	<0.05
Period 3
Main effects	GBS	0.6a	0.4–0.9	= 0.01
	No. of visits	1.4b	1.2–4.2	<0.05
Talk directed at the dog
Period 1		OR	95% CI	P-value
Main effects	GBS	0.5a	0.4–0.8	<0.01
	Handicap (normal vs impaired)	6.1	1.6–23.0	<0.01
Period 2
Main effects	GBS	0.6a	0.5–0.9	= 0.01
Period 3
Interaction	D	0.9a	0.6–1.4	<0.05
GBS * visit type	DA	0.4a	0.2–0.8
Talking about the dog
Period 1		OR	95% CI	P-value
Main effects	Handicap (normal vs impaired)	5.4	1.3–21.7	<0.05
	Speech (normal vs impaired)	5.2	1.3–20.5	<0.05
Period 2
Main effects	No. of visit	1.4b	1.1–1.8	<0.05
Period 3
Main effects	Age	2.0c	1.1–3.4	<0.05

For each of the three periods, the estimated odds ratios (OR), the 95 confidence intervals (95% CI), and the P-values are shown for significant effects. Visits with a dog, no activity (D), Visits with a dog, with activity (DA), The Gottfries-Bråne-Steen Scale (GBS). ^a For an increase of 20 on the GBS scale, ^b For an increase of 1 visit, ^c For an increase of 10 years.