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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression models of patient responses on additional service use

From: Healthcare service use in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: a questionnaire on patient and parent care experiences in Germany

 

Nutritional counselling

Psychological services

No additional services

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Soziodemographic model

Man

0.81

0.52–1.24

0.62

0.38–1.01

1.03

0.65–1.62

Age of patient

0.86*

0.72–0.99

1.00

0.85–1.18

1.11

0.94–1.31

Family structure

two caretakers

1.46

0.30–7.09

0.18*

0.04–0.78

0.69

0.10–4.57

one caretaker

1.06

0.19–5.88

0.56

0.10–2.75

1.05

0.19–5.93

Siblings

1.01

0.55–1.78

1.06

0.56–2.07

0.93

0.19–5.93

School type

Primary school

0.49

0.02–10.27

^

^

3.01

0.14–65.39

Mittel-/Ober-/Realschule

0.70

0.22–2.24

^

^

1.30

0.38–4.42

Gesamtschule

0.57

0.17–1.99

^

^

0.97

0.26–3.65

Gymnasium

0.79

0.26–2.36

^

^

1.14

0.36–3.61

Illness related factors

Man

0.93

0.57–1.57

0.82

0.48–1.39

0.97

0.58–1.63

Age of patient

0.87

0.73–1.02

0.97

0.81–1.17

1.07

0.89–1.28

Diagnosis

Morbus Crohn

0.79

0.0.25–2.46

0.75

0.23–2.46

1.04

0.31–3.56

Ulceritive Colitis

0.28***

0.09–0.88

1.12

0.34–3.72

1.62

0.47–5.59

Comorbidities

0.68

0.28–1.62

18.34***

6.61–50.90

0.13**

0.03–0.59

Time since diagnosis

less than 1 year

0.60*

0.25–1.47

0.47

0.16–1.36

2.34

0.94–5.78

1–2 years

1.30

0.64–2.65

0.76

0.35–1.66

1.41

0.67–2.99

3–4 years

1.52

0.75–3.08

1.36

0.64–2.91

0.83

0.38–1.79

5–6 years

1.60

0.70–3.62

1.62

0.69–3.82

0.68

0.27–1.72

Phase of illness

Diagnosis

2.07

0.35–12.44

^

^

2.87

0.49–16.82

Active

0.61

0.28–1.36

^

^

1.37

0.61–3.05

Geographical factors

Number of people living in hometown

more than 500.000

1.07

0.52–2.22

1.16

0.53–2.53

0.83

0.38–1.81

100.000 -500.000

0.55

0.26–1.12

0.90

0.39–2.07

0.64

0.27–1.48

20.000-100.000

0.61

0.33–1.14

1.03

0.53–2.01

1.00

0.53–1.91

5000-20.000

1.03

0.59–1.79

0.68

0.36–1.28

1.01

0.60–1.92

  1. *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ^ excluded from analysis because of complete separation of data-set
  2. Note: reference values for categorical variables were: other family structure, no siblings, no longer in school, unclassified IBD, more than 6 years since diagnosis, remission, the disease is becoming more active and symptom intensity varies, less than 5000 people living in hometown.