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- Table 1.
Patient Characteristics by Whether Requests Were Made During Primary Care Visits (N = 1,319 Visits Among 1141 Patients)
Characteristic Any Request No Request P Value N, % 867 (65.7%) 452 (34.3%) Age, y, mean (SD) 46.4 (15.8) 44.2 (16.7) .017 Sex, n% Male 267 (30.8%) 140 (33.6%) .38 Female 600 (69.2%) 302 (66.8%) Race/ethnicity, n% White 399 (46.0%) 226 (50.0%) .28 Hispanic 208 (24.0%) 91 (20.1%) Black 104 (12.0%) 50 (11.1%) Asian 53 (6.1%) 35 (7.7%) Other/multiple races 75 (8.7%) 31 (6.9%) Decline to state 28 (3.2%) 19 (4.2%) Education, n% Less than high school 35 (4.0%) 11 (2.4%) .58 High school/GED 135 (15.6%) 66 (14.6%) Some college 315 (36.3%) 173 (38.3%) College graduate 184 (21.2%) 101 (22.3%) Any graduate studies 198 (22.8%) 101 (22.3%) Self-rated health, n% Poor 44 (5.1%) 13 (2.9%) .018 Fair 160 (18.5%) 72 (15.9%) Good 339 (39.1%) 158 (35.0%) Very good 239 (27.6%) 149 (33.0%) Excellent 85 (9.8%) 60 (13.3%) Mental Health Index, mean (SD) 72.5 (19.0) 73.9 (18.0) .19 Medical skepticism, mean (SD) 3.03 (0.67) 3.02 (0.61) .78 Big Five Personality Inventory scores, mean (SD) Extraversion 3.46 (0.78) 3.39 (0.79) .16 Agreeableness 4.14 (0.57) 4.17 (0.57) .34 Conscientiousness 3.91 (0.66) 3.94 (0.59) .54 Neuroticism 2.74 (0.78) 2.71 (0.81) .53 Openness 3.80 (0.58) 3.78 (0.59) .64 Life satisfaction, mean (SD) 25.1 (6.5) 25.6 (6.4) .17 Symptom bother/worry, mean (SD) 8.40 (2.84) 7.57 (2.70) <.001 Body mass index, mean (SD) 30.3 (7.5) 29.2 (7.2) .012 Current smoker No 768 (88.6%) 404 (89.4%) .66 Yes 99 (11.4%) 48 (10.6%) Marital status Divorced 125 (14.4%) 46 (10.2%) .18 Married or domestic partnership 361 (41.6%) 210 (46.5%) Member of unmarried couple 86 (9.9%) 47 (10.4%) Never married 207 (23.9%) 112 (24.8%) Separated 30 (3.5%) 10 (2.2%) Widowed 58 (6.7%) 27 (6.0%) Patient satisfaction percentile rank, median (IQR) 50.1 (24.1, 78.4) 50.1 (25.6, 78.4) .79 Any prior encounter with visit physician None 472 (54.4%) 274 (60.6%) .032 One or more 395 (45.6%) 178 (39.4%) GED, general equivalency diploma; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviations.
- Table 2.
Patient-Level Associations With the Number of Requests per Primary Care Visit (N = 1,319 Visits Attended by 1141 Patients)
Patient Variable Incidence Rate Ratio 95% CI P Value Patient age, y 1.01 1.00 1.01 .001 Female sex (ref = male) 0.99 0.88 1.12 .93 Race/ethnicity (ref = White) Hispanic 1.11 0.96 1.29 .14 Black 0.98 0.81 1.18 .81 Asian 1.06 0.84 1.34 .63 Other/multiple races 1.29 1.06 1.57 .011 Decline to state 0.93 0.68 1.26 .64 Education (ref = less than HS) High school/GED 1.00 0.74 1.35 .99 Some college 1.00 0.75 1.34 .98 College graduate 0.99 0.73 1.34 .94 Some graduate studies 1.04 0.76 1.41 .81 Marital status (ref = divorced) Married or domestic partner 0.95 0.80 1.14 .60 Member of unmarried couple 1.07 0.85 1.36 .56 Never married 1.02 0.83 1.25 .83 Separated 1.07 0.76 1.50 .69 Widowed 1.03 0.80 1.33 .79 Self-reported health status (ref = poor) Fair 0.92 0.70 1.21 .55 Good 0.88 0.67 1.16 .37 Very good 0.77 0.57 1.04 .091 Excellent 0.76 0.54 1.08 .13 Mental Health Index-5 1.00 1.00 1.00 .90 Current smoker (ref = No) 1.04 0.87 1.24 .66 Body mass index, kg/m2 1.00 0.99 1.01 .80 Symptom bother/worry 1.06 1.03 1.08 <.001 Medical skepticism 1.02 0.94 1.11 .68 Big 5 Personality Inventory Extraversion 1.12 1.03 1.08 .006 Agreeableness 0.96 0.86 1.07 .49 Conscientiousness 0.97 0.87 1.07 .55 Neuroticism 1.00 0.91 1.10 .99 Openness 0.99 0.89 1.10 .83 Life satisfaction 1.01 1.00 1.02 .023 Patient satisfaction percentile rank 1.00 1.00 1.00 .34 Any prior encounter with visit physician (ref = no) 1.17 1.04 1.32 .009 Estimates for covariates that are significantly associated with request number (P < .05) are shown in bold font.
CI, confidential interval; GED, general equivalency diploma; HS, high school.
