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Table 5 Association of need for and doctor-evaluated benefit of the doctor’s health check; multilevel logistic regression analysis

From: Associations between study questionnaire-assessed need and school doctor-evaluated benefit of routine health checks: an observational study

 

Grade 1

  

Grade 5

  

Total

   
  

Benefit+

  

Benefit+

  

Benefit+

 

Need

N

n (%)

OR (95 % CI)

P-value

N

n (%)

OR (95 % CI)

P-value

N

n (%)

OR (95 % CI)

P-value

Parents 

  Need-

182

37 (20.3)

1

 

212

69 (32.6)

1

 

394

106 (26.9)

1

 

  Need+

313

152 (48.6)

3.90 (2.50–6.08)

< 0.0001

287

148 (51.6)

2.34 (1.59–3.45)

< 0.0001

600

300 (50.0)

2.94 (2.20–3.92)

< 0.0001

Nurses

  Need-

227

67 (29.5)

1

 

224

70 (31.3)

1

 

451

137 (30.4)

1

 

  Need+

250

112 (44.8)

2.03 (1.36–3.03)

0.0006

265

140 (52.8)

2.55 (1.72–3.78)

< 0.0001

515

252 (48.9)

2.20 (1.66–2.92)

< 0.0001

Teachers

  Need-

252

90 (35.7)

1

 

259

93 (35.9)

1

 

511

183 (35.8)

1

 

  Need+

144

66 (45.8)

1.62 (1.03–2.53)

0.0365

159

86 (54.1)

2.17 (1.42–3.31)

0.0004

303

152 (50.2)

1.82 (1.34–2.47)

0.0001

Parents and nursesa

  Need-

125

25 (20.0)

1

 

131

32 (24.4)

1

 

256

57 (22.3)

1

 

  Need+

379

166 (43.8)

3.54 (2.12–5.90)

< 0.0001

375

187 (49.9)

3.19 (2.01–5.07)

< 0.0001

754

353 (46.8)

3.26 (2.31–4.60)

< 0.0001

Parents, nurses, and teachersa

  Need-

105

18 (17.1)

1

 

106

24 (22.6)

1

 

211

42 (19.9)

1

 

  Need+

399

173 (43.4)

4.11 (2.32–7.28)

< 0.0001

400

195 (48.8)

3.30 (1.98–5.51)

< 0.0001

799

368 (46.1)

3.53 (2.41–5.17)

< 0.0001

  1. Need- = No need for a doctor’s health check. Need + includes categories “Needs a doctor’s health check” and “Consultation of nurse/doctor may be sufficient” combined. aNeed- indicates that none of the respondents had Need+. Need + indicates that at least one of the respondents had Need+. Benefit + is “Quite a lot or more benefit”. Benefit- includes responses “Only a little benefit”, “No benefit or harm”, “Only a little harm”, “Quite a lot of harm” and “I don’t know” combined. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval.