Table 3 Multilevel logistic regression model: adjusted effect of patient and general practitioners’ (GPs) characteristics on general practitioners’ decisions to deprescribe at least one medication in any of the case vignettes (N = 1,706)
Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | P-value | |
Patient’s history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) | |||
History of CVD | ref. | – | – |
No history of CVD | 3.04 | 2.58 to 3.57 | < 0.001 |
Patient’s level of dependency in activities of daily living | |||
Low | ref. | - | - |
Medium | 1.29 | 1.09 to 1.55 | 0.004 |
High | 1.50 | 1.25 to 1.80 | < 0.001 |
Age (GP), 10-year increase | 1.14 | 1.06 to 1.23 | < 0.001 |
Female sex (GP) | 0.89 | 0.75 to 1.05 | 0.167 |
Number of consultations per day | |||
< 15 | ref. | – | – |
15–25 | 1.04 | 0.77 to 1.40 | 0.79 |
26–35 | 1.2 | 0.88 to 1.65 | 0.25 |
> 35 | 0.94 | 0.68 to 1.30 | 0.698 |
Frequency of seeing patients with polypharmacy | |||
Never | ref. | – | – |
Rarely | 0.64 | 0.18 to 2.28 | 0.497 |
Occasionally | 0.80 | 0.25 to 2.53 | 0.699 |
Frequently | 1.27 | 0.39 to 3.87 | 0.728 |
Very frequently | 1.42 | 0.45 to 4.49 | 0.554 |