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Table 2 Association between demographic variables and GPs’ 3 kinds of abilities

From: Work competence of general practitioners working in the community health services of Shanghai: a cross-sectional study based on self-assessment

Variables

Patient care ability

Teaching ability

Communication skill and coordination ability

Score

z/K

P value

adjusted ORc

(95% CI)

P value

Score

z/K

P value

adjusted ORd

(95% CI)

P value

Score

z/K

P value

adjusted ORe

(95%CI)

P value

Gendera

 

−2.413

0.016

   

−1.056

0.291

   

−2.291

0.022

  

 male

77.24

  

1.557 (−0.380 ~ 3.494)

0.115

66.95

  

77.25

  

0.866 (−0.253 ~ 1.986)

0.129

 female

75.50

  

0

 

64.99

  

76.23

  

0

0

Age(y) b

 

20.588

< 0.001

   

7.489

0.058

   

21.407

< 0.001

  

  < 30

74.48

  

2.542 (−3.321 ~ 8.406)

0.395

59.13

  

74.73

  

−0.283 (− 3.496 ~ 2.929)

0.863

 30–39

78.12

  

5.353 (1.499 ~ 9.207)

0.006

65.44

  

76.31

  

−2.224 (−4.264 ~ −0.184)

0.033

 40–49

74.87

  

2.129 (−1.345 ~ 5.602)

0.23

62.6

  

77.89

  

−1.656 (−3.510 ~ 0.198)

0.080

 ≥ 50

73.01

  

0

 

58.38

  

78.91

  

0

 

Educational statusb

 

21.359

< 0.001

   

7.192

0.066

   

7.595

0.055

  

 technical secondary school

71.09

  

0.317 (−9.006 ~ 9.640)

0.947

66.57

  

74.35

  

 college

71.50

  

0.596 (−4.349 ~ 5.542)

0.813

60.17

  

76.31

  

 university

77.02

  

1.498 (−2.041 ~ 5.036)

0.407

63.65

  

77.89

  

 postgraduate and above

76.69

  

0

 

64.83

  

78.91

  

Professional title†

 

8.096

0.017

   

4.124

0.127

   

66.202

< 0.001

  

 primary

75.54

  

1.598 (−3.037 ~ 6.233)

0.499

59.63

  

73.88

  

−3.578 (−6.229 ~ −0.928)

0.008

 intermediate

76.54

  

0.626 (− 3.031 ~ 4.283)

0.737

63.56

  

77.46

  

−1.793 (−3.922 ~ 0.335)

0.099

 senior

77.51

  

0

 

64.61

  

82.08

  

0

 

Work duration(y) b

 

24.740

< 0.001

   

13.587

0.004

   

27.241

< 0.001

  

  < 5

76.86

  

3.022 (−0.947 ~ 6.992)

0.136

59.94

  

2.312 (−3.972 ~ 8.595)

0.471

75.22

  

1.389 (− 0.843 ~ 3.621)

0.223

 5 ~ 9

76.78

  

−0.072 (−3.384 ~ 3.239)

0.966

65.72

  

7.14 (2.468 ~ 11.812)

0.003

75.71

  

−0.348 (−2.231 ~ 1.534)

0.717

 10 ~ 19

77.73

  

1.104 (−1.792 ~ 4.000)

0.455

65.61

  

5.316 (1.302 ~ 9.331)

0.009

78.3

  

0.598 (− 1.058 ~ 2.255)

0.479

 ≥ 20

73.30

  

0

 

58.43

  

0

 

77.38

  

0

 

Acceptance of GP standardized traininga

 

−1.992

0.046

   

−1.112

0.266

   

−2.970

0.003

  

 yes

75.33

  

−3.004 (−4.890 ~ 1.118)

0.002

63.09

  

76.27

  

−1.858 (−2.951 ~ −0.766)

0.001

 no

77.48

  

0

 

63.85

  

77.66

  

0

 

Working in CHSs with GP standardized training programa

 

−4.357

< 0.001

   

−7.673

< 0.001

   

−5.272

< 0.001

  

 yes

77.65

  

0.892 (−0.975 ~ 2.758)

0.349

69.24

  

13.226 (9.880 ~ 16.572)

< 0.001

78.32

  

1.148 (0.066 ~ 2.229)

0.038

 no

74.97

  

0

 

53.44

  

0

 

75.54

  

0

 

Location of CHSsa

 

−4.279

< 0.001

   

−3.217

0.001

   

−3.078

0.002

  

 urban area

77.21

  

2.469 (0.351 ~ 4.586)

0.022

64.15

  

 

77.36

  

0.058 (−1.168 ~ 1.284)

0.926

 rural area

73.55

  

0

 

60.48

  

0

 

75.6

  

0

 

Took GP trainer’s traininga

 

−6.633

< 0.001

   

−7.914

< 0.001

   

−7.431

< 0.001

  

 yes

77.65

  

2.761 (0.731 ~ 4.808)

0.008

67.74

  

17.757 (13.800 ~ 21.714)

< 0.001

78.46

  

1.484 (0.297 ~ 2.671)

0.014

 no

74.38

  

0

 

47.68

  

0

 

74.61

  

0

 

Teaching experience in CHSsa

 

−7.984

< 0.001

        

−12.625

< 0.001

  

 yes

79.00

  

3.648 (1.616 ~ 5.680)

< 0.001

    

80.44

  

5.174 (3.995 ~ 6.354)

< 0.001

 no

74.20

  

0

 

    

74.06

  

0

 
  1. Notea Mann-Whitney U test for univariate analysis
  2. b Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for univariate analysis
  3. c adjusted for gender, age, educational status, professional title, work duration, acceptance of GP standardized training or not, working in CHSs with or without GP standardized training program, location of CHSs, took GP trainer’s training or not and teaching experience in CHSs
  4. d adjusted for work duration, working in CHSs with or without GP standardized training program, location of CHSs and took GP trainer’s training or not
  5. e adjusted for gender, age, professional title, work duration, acceptance of GP standardized training or not, working in CHSs with or without GP standardized training program, location of CHSs, took GP trainer’s training or not and teaching experience in CHSs