Table 1.
Association of doctor’s intervention with doctor-evaluated benefit of the health check; multilevel logistic regression analysis
| Doctor’s intervention | Total | Beneficial health check, as assessed by doctor | OR (95% CI) | P value |
| N | n (%) | |||
| Any intervention | ||||
| Yes | 791 | 410 (51.8) | NA | <0.001* |
| No | 219 | 0 (0) | ||
| Instruction and/or significant discussion | ||||
| Yes | 605 | 282 (46.6) | 1.91 (1.44 to 2.55) | <0.001 |
| No | 405 | 128 (31.6) | 1 | |
| Prescription | ||||
| Yes | 105 | 77 (73.3) | 5.56 (3.46 to 8.94) | <0.001 |
| No | 905 | 333 (36.8) | 1 | |
| Laboratory tests and/or medical imaging | ||||
| Yes | 86 | 77 (89.5) | 15.16 (7.35 to 31.26) | <0.001 |
| No | 924 | 333 (36.0) | 1 | |
| Follow-up appointment in school health service | ||||
| Yes | 175 | 114 (65.1) | 3.06 (2.13 to 4.39) | <0.001 |
| No | 835 | 296 (35.4) | 1 | |
| Referral to other professional within school or community services | ||||
| Yes | 136 | 94 (69.1) | 4.29 (2.82 to 6.52) | <0.001 |
| No | 874 | 316 (36.2) | 1 | |
| Referral to specialised care | ||||
| Yes | 52 | 47 (90.4) | 17.26 (6.61 to 45.05) | <0.001 |
| No | 958 | 363 (37.9) | 1 | |
Doctor-reported benefit was available for 1010 children.
*Fisher’s exact test.
CI, Confidence interval; NA, not available due to zero frequency; OR, Odds ratio; adjusted for grade.