A cross-sectional study of knowledge and practices in the management of patients with Parkinson’s disease amongst public practice-based general practitioners and geriatricians

Table 2 Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors affecting PD diagnosis and treatment

	Confidence in diagnosis				Confidence in starting DRT				Unfamiliarity with medication				Discomfort in provision of PD education				Patients want a specialist opinion
	OR (95% CI)	p value	aOR (95% CI)	p value	OR (95% CI)	p value	aOR (95% CI)	p value	OR (95% CI)	p value	aOR (95% CI)	p value	OR (95% CI)	p value	aOR (95% CI)	p value	OR (95% CI)	p value	aOR (95% CI)	p value
Medical specialty
GP	Ref.								7.14 (2.58,19.8)	< 0.001	5.75 (1.33,24.91)	0.019	8.64 (2.84,26.3)	< 0.001	8.43 (1.62,43.9)	0.011	6.94 (1.94,24.8)	0.003	7.64 (1.13,51.5)	0.037
Geriatrician	1.61 (0.56,4.64)	0.38	1.20 (0.23,6.22)	0.83	11.8 (3.54,39.3)	< 0.001	8.80 (1.65,47)	0.011	Ref.
Gender
Male	Ref.
Female	2.50 (0.88,7.11)	0.09	2.60 (0.82,8.29)	0.11	0.77 (0.29,2.07)	0.61	0.69 (0.16,2.88)	0.61	1.16 (0.46,2.89)	0.75	1.54 (0.47,5.03)	0.47	0.50 (0.20,1.27)	0.15	0.55 (0.18,1.73)	0.31	0.53 (0.20,1.44)	0.22	0.63 (0.20,2.02)	0.44
Years of practice	1.07 (0.99,1.16)	0.10	1.08 (0.99,1.18)	0.08	1.06 (1.00,1.12)	0.07	1.14 (1.02,1.26)	0.02	0.96 (0.91,1.01)	0.13	0.92 (0.85,1.00)	0.049	0.95 (0.89,1.01)	0.09	0.91 (0.83,0.99)	0.02	0.94 (0.87,1.01)	0.09	0.90 (0.82,0.99)	0.03
Duration spent with patient (min)	1.03 (0.95,1.12)	0.44	1.03 (0.92,1.15)	0.63	1.13 (1.05,1.23)	0.002	1.09 (0.97,1.22)	0.17	0.90 (0.83,0.97)	0.007	0.96 (0.86,1.06)	0.40	0.91 (0.83,0.98)	0.02	1.00 (0.90,1.12)	0.95	0.92 (0.84,1.00)	0.06	1.01 (0.89,1.15)	0.85

PD Parkinson’s Disease, GP general practitioner, OR odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio

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