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Table 2 Correlations between patients' variables and visits to GPs, orthopaedists and alternative practitioners

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

  1. * Spearmen rho values; significant correlations in bold, bold variables were entered in the respective regression model