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Table 3 Factors associated with general practitioner dissatisfaction

From: How the relationships between general practitioners and intensivists can be improved: the general practitioners' point of view

 

Note, ≤35/100

Number (%)

Note, >35/100

Number (%)

Univariate analysis

P value

Multivariate analysis

Odds ratio (CI, 95%)

Age younger than 45 years

120/379 (32)

428/1,116 (38)

0.001

0.69 (0.51 to 0.94)

Intensive care training

    

   Second cycle

137/380 (36)

448/1,121 (40)

0.18

 

   Third cycle

124/380 (33)

309/1,121 (28)

0.059

 

   Never

137/380 (36)

365/1,121 (33)

0.21

 

Information flow at admission

    

   Information/family

307/380 (81)

783/1,121 (70)

< 0.001

 

   Information/ICU

68/380 (18)

532/1,121 (47)

< 0.001

0.44 (0.31 to 0.63)

   Information/colleagues

14/380 (4)

89/1,121 (8)

0.005

 

   No information

322/380 (85)

658/1,121 (60)

< 0.001

2.55 (1.71 to 3.80) (1.71 to 3.80)

Information flow during hospitalization

    

   Visit in ICU

51/380 (13)

213/1,121 (19)

0.014

 

   Meeting with relatives

66/380 (17)

139/1,121 (12)

0.015

 

   Phone conversation

241/380 (63)

778/1,121 (70)

0.03

 

Reasons for meetings between GPs and relatives

    

   No information

194/380 (51)

351/1,121 (31)

< 0.001

2.02 (1.48 to 2.75)

   Bad reception in ICU

99/380 (26)

133/1,121 (12)

<0.001

2.06 (1.40 to 3.02)

   Unknown interlocutor

102/380 (27)

192/1,121 (17)

<0.001

1.48 (1.03 to 2.12)

   Relatives trust the GP

116/380 (30)

300/1,121 (26)

0.156

 
  1. ICU, intensive care unit.