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Table 2 Effect of vignette diagnosis and gender on the odds of a physician thinking ‘should get a DP’

From: Physicians’ attitudes to disability pension – impact of diagnosis: an experimental study

 

Variable

Crude Model (n=1308)

Adjusted Model (n=1255)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)a

Should get a DP

Vignette diagnosis

  

Low back pain

1

1

Depression

1.89 (1.42 to 2.50)

1.93 (1.44 to 2.59)

Alcohol dependence

0.45 (0.34 to 0.60)

0.44 (0.33 to 0.59)

Vignette gender

  

Male

1

1

Female

0.91 (0.72 to 1.14)

0.93 (0.74 to 1.18)

  1. Abbreviations: DP Disability pension; OR Odds ratio; CI Confidence Interval
  2. aModel adjusted for age of physician, gender of physician and experience of physician completing disability pension assessment in past 12 months