Table 2 Descriptive analysis and three Poisson regression models comparing the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of attendance and non-attendance at a health check at their general practitioner (GP)
Exposures | Patients advised to attend the GP | Model 1 - crude | Model 2 – age and sex adjusted | Model 3 – minimally adjusted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attenders (N = 110) n (%) | Non-attenders (N = 472) n (%) | Total (N = 582) n (%) | IRR | p-value | IRR | p-value | IRR | p-value | |
Age | |||||||||
29–44a | 5 (5) | 44 (9) | 49 (8) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
45–60 | 105 (95) | 428 (91) | 533(92) | 2.36 [0.91;6.14] | 0.077 | 2.44 [0.93;6.35] | 0.069 | 2.44 [0.93;6.35] | 0.069 |
Sex | |||||||||
Malea | 50 (45) | 269 (57) | 319 (55) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Female | 60 (55) | 203 (43) | 263 (45) | 1.48 [1.05;2.08] | 0.024 | 1.48 [1.05;2.08] | 0.026 | 1.48 [1.05;2.08] | 0.026 |
Country of origin | |||||||||
Danisha | 105 (95) | 462 (98) | 567 (97) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Non-Danish | 5 (5) | 10 (2) | 15 (3) | 1.81 [0.87;3.79] | 0.113 | 1.83 [0.90;3.74] | 0.097 | 1.86 [0.91;3.80] | 0.091 |
Employment status | |||||||||
Employedb | 97 (88) | 424 (90) | 521 (90) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Unemployed | 13 (12) | 48 (10) | 61 (10) | 1.15 [0.69;1.93] | 0.585 | 1.08 [0.64;1.84] | 0.776 | 1.13 [0.66;1.92] | 0.657 |
Relative povertyb | 9 (8) | 52 (11) | 61 (10) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Other | 101 (92) | 420 (89) | 521 (90) | 1.30 [0.69;2.44] | 0.409 | 1.27 [0.68;2.39] | 0.455 | 1.22 [0.66;2.26] | 0.524 |
Educational attainment | |||||||||
Secondary and high schoolb | 22 (20) | 109 (23) | 131 (23) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Vocational training and higher education | 88 (80) | 363 (77) | 451 (77) | 1.15 [0.75;1.76] | 0.517 | 1.19 [0.78;1.82] | 0.428 | 1.16 [0.76;1.77] | 0.499 |
Cohabitational status | |||||||||
Cohabitingb | 86 (78) | 372 (79) | 458 (79) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Single | 24 (22) | 100 (21) | 124 (21) | 1.04 [0.69;1.56] | 0.848 | 1.06 [0.71;1.59] | 0.783 | 1.06 [0.71;1.59] | 0.779 |
Smoking status | |||||||||
smokerb | 15 (14) | 68 (14) | 83 (14) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Non-smoker | 95 (86) | 404 (86) | 499 (86) | 1.04 [0.64;1.71] | 0.863 | 1.05 [0.64;1.72] | 0.841 | 1.06 [0.65;1.73] | 0.819 |
Alcohol consumption | |||||||||
above low riskb | 13 (12) | 59 (13) | 72 (12) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Low risk | 97 (88) | 413 (87) | 510 (88) | 1.04 [0.62;1.76] | 0.871 | 1.10 [0.65;1.85] | 0.727 | 1.07 [0.63;1.80] | 0.803 |
Diet | |||||||||
Not unhealthyb | 29 (26) | 103 (22) | 132 (23) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Unhealthy | 81 (74) | 369 (78) | 450 (77) | 0.81 [0.56;1.18] | 0.278 | 0.77 [0.48;1.06] | 0.093 | 0.70 [0.47;1.04] | 0.075 |
Physical activity | |||||||||
Sedentaryb | 29 (26) | 73 (15) | 102 (18) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Active | 81 (74) | 399 (85) | 480 (82) | 0.61 [0.42;0.88] | 0.009 | 0.61 [0.42;0.88] | 0.008 | 0.62 [0.42;0.90] | 0.012 |
Body mass index | |||||||||
> 30c | 63 (57) | 290 (61) | 353 (61) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
< 30 | 47 (43) | 182 (39) | 229 (39) | 0.88 [0.63;1.25] | 0.482 | 0.92 [0.64;1.32] | 0.632 | 0.97 [0.67;1.40] | 0.860 |
Health-risk behaviours | |||||||||
Two or moreb | 12 (11) | 32 (7) | 44 (8) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
One or none | 98 (89) | 440 (93) | 538 (92) | 0.66 [0.40;1.11] | 0.117 | 0.60 [0.35;1.01] | 0.054 | 0.61 [0.36;1.05] | 0.073 |
Self-rated health | |||||||||
Fair or poorb | 93 (85) | 413 (88) | 506 (87) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
Good, very good, excellent | 17 (15) | 59 (12) | 76 (13) | 0.86 [0.54;1.38] | 0.536 | 0.89 [0.55;1.42] | 0.612 | 0.88 [0.54;1.45] | 0.613 |
Mental well-beingb | 24.2 | 24.4 | 24.4 | 0.99 [0.94;1.04] | 0.573 | 0.98 [0.94;1.04] | 0.552 | 0.99 [0.94;1.04] | 0.575 |
Self-efficacyd | 29.4 | 30.5 | 30.3 | 0.96 [0.93;0.99] | 0.013 | 0.97 [0.94;1.00] | 0.035 | 0.96 [0.93;1.00] | 0.025 |
Beliefs in a healthy lifestyleb | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 1.03 [0.94;1.14] | 0.503 | 1.00 [0.91;1.11] | 0.942 | 1.00 [0.91;1.10] | 0.997 |
Appointment at the GP in the past two years | |||||||||
Yesb | 97 (88) | 389 (82) | 486 (84) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
No | 13 (12) | 83 (18) | 96 (16) | 0.68 [0.40;1.17] | 0.095 | 0.75 [0.44;1.30] | 0.310 | 0.76 [0.44;1.31] | 0.322 |
Health check in the past two yearsa | 79 (72) | 351 (74) | 430 (74) | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | 1 [.;.] | |||
No health check | 31 (28) | 121 (24) | 152 (26) | 0.89 [0.61;1.29] | 0.546 | 0.89 [0.62;1.30] | 0.557 | 0.89 [0.62;1.30] | 0.557 |