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Table 4 Characteristics associated with the consultation including a chronic disease: consultation variables (in a model adjusted for registrar (trainee), patient, and practice variables)

From: Family medicine trainees’ clinical experience of chronic disease during training: a cross-sectional analysis from the registrars’ clinical encounters in training study

 

Univariate

Adjusted

Variable

Class

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Registrar sought help from any source during the consultation

Yes

1.18 (1.11, 1.26)

<0.001

1.03 (0.96, 1.11)

0.3704

Duration of consultation (hours)

 

14.3 (11.8, 17.4)

<0.001

4.17 (3.32, 5.25)

<0.001

Number of problems addressed during the consultation

 

2.50 (2.41, 2.59)

<0.001

2.15 (2.07, 2.23)

<0.001