From: Health service utilization patterns of primary care patients with osteoarthritis
GP* | p | Orthopaedic* | p | Alternative practitioner* | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 0.122 | 0.000 | 0.023 | 0.048 | 0.001 | 0.982 |
Age | 0.050 | 0.169 | -0.139 | 0.000 | -0.095 | 0.012 |
Marital status | -0.073 | 0.030 | 0.065 | 0.049 | 0.035 | 0.314 |
Previous GP contacts | 0.082 | 0.234 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.009 | 0.303 |
Educational level | -0.054 | 0.112 | 0.055 | 0.009 | -0.003 | 0.939 |
Previous visits to orthopaedists | 0.008 | 0.234 | 0.214 | 0.000 | -0.037 | 0.303 |
Disease duration | 0.066 | 0.052 | 0.013 | 0.709 | -0.034 | 0.331 |
Lower body | 0.195 | 0.000 | 0.173 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.996 |
Upper body | 0.165 | 0.000 | 0.026 | 0.439 | 0.033 | 0.345 |
Symptom | 0.282 | 0.000 | 0.254 | 0.000 | 0.015 | 0.671 |
Affect | 0.187 | 0.000 | 0.155 | 0.000 | 0.049 | 0.171 |
Social | 0.026 | 0.447 | 0.001 | 0.983 | 0.082 | 0.018 |
Work | 0.217 | 0.002 | 0.224 | 0.001 | 0.163 | 0.024 |
BMI | -0.006 | 0.848 | 0.024 | 0.481 | -0.073 | 0.037 |
PHQ-9 sum score | 0.197 | 0.000 | 0.145 | 0.000 | 0.061 | 0.106 |
Number of comorbidities | 0.046 | 0.171 | -0.001 | 0.978 | 0.000 | 0.988 |
Prescribed drugs | 0.256 | 0.003 | 0.736 | 0.019 | 0.081 | 0.010 |