Table 3 Multilevel regression of the GPs’ agreement with each statement on 7 predictors
Statement 1: Therapy with highly dosed statins for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)-patients. | Statement 2: BNP-check by the GP when patient suffers from dyspnoea and possibly heart failure. | Statement 3: Systolic reading below 130 mmHg for every patient with CHD and hypertension. | |||||||
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Predictors | Estimate (b) | CI | p | Estimate (b) | CI | p | Estimate (b) | CI | p |
Age (years) | 0.04 | 0.01 ; 0.07 | 0.011* | 0.03 | 0.00 ; 0.06 | 0.031* | 0.03 | -0.00 ; 0.06 | 0.075 |
Sex (ref. female) | |||||||||
Male | -0.37 | -0.94 ; 0.20 | 0.202 | -0.52 | -1.05 ; 0.01 | 0.053 | -0.39 | -0.95 ; 0.16 | 0.164 |
State (ref. not Baden-Wuerttemberg) | |||||||||
Baden-Wuerttemberg | -0.26 | -0.83 ; 0.31 | 0.370 | -1.18 | -1.78 ; -0.58 | < 0.001*** | 0.51 | -0.03 ; 1.05 | 0.063 |
Respondent identified an opinion leader | -0.04 | -0.64 ; 0.56 | 0.899 | -0.12 | -0.68 ; 0.45 | 0.681 | -0.29 | -0.87 ; 0.30 | 0.333 |
Value on opinion leadership scale | 0.27 | -0.04 ; 0.59 | 0.089 | 0.30 | 0.01 ; 0.06 | 0.041* | 0.14 | -0.17 ; 0.44 | 0.373 |
Value on opinion seeking scale | -0.29 | -0.63 ; 0.04 | 0.082 | 0.09 | -0.22 ; 0.41 | 0.549 | -0.20 | -0.52 ; 0.12 | 0.218 |
Mean agreement of the regional cardiologists with statement 1 | -0.16 | -0.79 ; 0.47 | 0.620 | ||||||
Mean agreement of the regional cardiologists with statement 2 | -0.04 | -0.68 ; 0.59 | 0.889 | ||||||
Mean agreement of the regional cardiologists with statement 3 | -0.22 | -0.58 ; 0.15 | 0.241 | ||||||
Intercept | 2.48 | -0.62 ; 5.59 | 0.114 | 1.74 | -1.23 ; 4.71 | 0.247 | 3.13 | 0.86 ; 5.39 | 0.007** |
Random Effects (region) | |||||||||
σ² | 1.80 | 1.45 | 1.69 | ||||||
τ00 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.00 | ||||||
ICC | 0.00 | 0.19 | NA | ||||||
N (regions) | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
Observations | 108 | 107 | 109 | ||||||
Marginal R²/Conditional R² | 0.099/0.099 | 0.225/0.372 | 0.075/NA | ||||||