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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and poison multilevel regression-analysis of case-mix variables on consultation sessions (n=6,496)

From: Factors associated with the number of consultations per dietetic treatment: an observational study

 

Descriptive

Poisson regression

  
 

Mean ± sd aPercentages

Regression coefficient

SE b

P-value

Intercept

 

−0.72

0.07

 

Patients’ demographics

    

Female (reference male)

65.2%

0.09

0.02

<0.001

Age (years)

44.8 ± 19.1

−0.00

0.00

0.002

Native ethnicity (reference immigrants)

88.5%

0.11

0.04

0.003

Educational level:

    

 Low (reference)

31.3%

   

 Medium

42.2%

−0.08

0.02

<0.001

 High

23.7%

−0.08

0.03

0.002

 Not specified

2.9%

−0.05

0.06

0.422

Urbanicity:

    

 Low

34.8%

0.02

0.03

0.476

 Medium

24.9%

−0.03

0.03

0.284

 Strong (reference)

39.9%

   

History in dietetics (reference no history)

22.3%

0.14

0.02

<0.001

Patients’ initiative

    

Start treatment initiated by the patient (reference by referrers initiative)

14.5%

0.13

0.03

0.024

Patients’ health

    

Communication problem (reference no communication problems)

3.9%

−0.02

0.05

0.717

Psychiatric problem (reference no psychiatric problems)

9.2%

0.12

0.03

<0.001

Intellectual disability problem (reference no problems with respect to intellectual disability)

2.0%

0.06

0.07

0.385

Multiple diagnoses (reference single diagnosis)

52.0%

0.36

0.05

<0.001

Overweight c

30.6%

0.50

0.04

<0.001

Underweight, unwanted weight loss c

3.0%

0.06

0.07

0.434

Hypercholesterolemia c

2.8%

−0.33

0.09

<0.001

Diabetes Mellitus c

2.5%

−0.04

0.09

0.672

Irritable Bowel Syndrome c

1.6%

−0.15

0.10

0.132

Food intolerance c

0.6%

−0.31

0.16

0.054

Binge eating disorder c

0.5%

0.32

0.13

0.016

Overweight & Diabetes c

8.0%

0.07

0.04

0.052

Overweight & Hypercholesterolemia c

4.8%

−0.00

0.05

0.935

Overweight & Hypertension c

4.3%

0.14

0.05

0.003

Overweight & Diabetes & Hypercholesterolemia c

4.3%

0.04

0.05

0.444

Overweight & Diabetes & Hypertension c

3.2%

0.14

0.06

0.015

Overweight & Binge eating disorder c

1.6%

0.14

0.07

0.043

Overweight & Irritable Bowel Syndrome c

1.3%

0.00

0.07

0.952

Therapists’ demographics

    

Age (years)

46.0 ± 6.1

−0.01

0.01

0.539

Female (male)

93.6%

0.60

0.30

0.048

  1. a sd standard deviation.
  2. b SE standard error.
  3. c The reference group is having another diagnosis or a combination of diagnoses.
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