Table 3.

Association of the intervention with change in general characteristics of the patients treated by individual informal healthcare providers in Kolkata (N = 124)

Impact of Intervention on the Patient Characteristics			Higher Age		More Severe Presentation
Overall Sample			aOR	P Value	aOR	P Value
			1.48	.1098	1.43	.1535
Across the strata ofa	Gender	Male	1.45	.1401	1.43	.1640
	Qualification/ Training	Alternative Medicine	1.50	.1834	1.68	.0944
		No such	1.53	.2889	1.35	.4240
	Office Type	Fixed clinic/office	1.37	.2814	1.48	.1910
		Pharmacy	2.26	.0747	1.36	.4750
	Duration of practice	≥ 10 years	1.39	.2343	1.66	.0745
		<10 years	1.74	.2515	1.29	.5759
			Better SES		Better Knowledge
Overall Sampleb			aOR	P Value	aOR	P Value
			1.33	.2632	1.70	.0431
Across the strata of a	Gender	Male	1.39	.2108	1.69	.0498
	Qualification/ Training	Alternative Medicine	1.72	.0991	1.33	.3759
		No such	0.93	.8564	2.23	.0628
	Office Type	Fixed clinic/office	1.81	.0788	1.44	.2569
		Pharmacy	1.00	1.0000	2.18	.0953
	Duration of practice	≥ 10 years	1.35	.3062	1.52	.1560
		<10 years	1.35	.5334	1.89	.2197

Boldfaced figures indicate that association is considered to be statistically significant as P < .05.

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; SES, socioeconomic status.

^aaOR across the strata of characteristics of the informal healthcare providers are adjusted for the rest of their characteristics.

^baOR in overall sample adjusted for the characteristics of the informal healthcare providers.