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Table 5 Characteristics associated with the consultation including a chronic disease: ‘registrar action’ variables (in a model adjusted for registrar (trainee), patient, practice and consultation 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 generated learning goals during the consultation

Yes

1.70 (1.60, 1.81)

<0.001

1.36 (1.26, 1.46)

<0.001

Registrar made any referral during the consultation

Yes

1.87 (1.78, 1.98)

<0.001

1.45 (1.36, 1.56)

<0.001

Number of pathology tests ordered

 

1.08 (1.07, 1.09)

<0.001

0.99 (0.97, 1.00)

0.040