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Table 6 Characteristics associated with involving professional and personal relations among men with bothersome difficulty emptying the bladder

From: Involvement of personal and professional relations among men bothered by lower urinary tract symptoms: a population-based cross-sectional study

 

Involving the GP

Involving another doctor

Involving other healthcare professionalsa

Involving family members

Involving personal relations other than familyb

Crude OR

Adj. OR (95% CI)

Crude OR

Adj. OR (95% CI)

Crude OR

Adj. OR (95% CI)

Crude OR

Adj. OR (95% CI)

Crude OR

Adj. OR (95% CI)

Age

  < 40

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

 40–59

2.37(1.50–3.76)

1.84(1.14–2.98)

1.97(1.20–3.23)

1.48(0.88–2.49)

0.92(0.49–1.75)

0.74(0.38–1.43)

2.35(1.62–3.40)

2.74(1.14–6.57)

1.10(0.64–1.88)

0.61(0.33–1.11)

 60–79

4.54(2.93–7.04)

2.89(1.82–4.60)

3.38(2.11–5.39)

2.07(1.26–3.40)

1.02(0.56–1.85)

0.72(0.38–1.35)

4.60(3.23–6.55)

3.70(1.62–8.47)

1.18(0.71–1.95)

0.47(0.26–0.83)

  > 80

4.84(2.70–8.67)

2.62(1.41–4.86)

4.73(2.57–8.69)

2.53(1.32–4.83)

1.46(0.63–3.35)

0.93(0.39–2.22)

6.31(3.56–11.19)

4.16(1.04–16.65)

0.78(0.34–1.80)

0.26(0.11–0.63)

Number of symptoms

 1

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

 2

1.61(1.22–2.13)

1.17(0.87–1.59)

1.47(1.09–2.00)

1.08(0.78–1.50)

0.94(0.59–1.50)

0.83(0.51–1.34)

1.77(1.37–2.28)

0.78(0.37–1.66)

1.52(1.01–2.30)

1.32(0.84–2.06)

 3

2.17(1.61–2.92)

1.49(1.08–2.05)

1.84(1.34–2.54)

1.26(0.90–1.78)

1.03(0.62–1.69)

0.84(0.50–1.41)

2.26(1.70–3.01)

1.04(0.46–2.38)

1.52(0.97–2.36)

1.18(0.74–1.90)

  ≥ 4

3.11(2.18–4.44)

1.95(1.32–2.86)

2.82(1.94–4.09)

1.78(1.19–2.66)

1.37(0.78–2.42)

1.05(0.58–1.91)

2.97(2.06–4.28)

1.34(0.47–3.87)

2.16(1.32–3.54)

1.67(0.98–2.86)

Available social network

 No

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

 Yes

1.04(0.80–1.35)

0.83(0.62–1.12)

1.05(0.79–1.39)

0.84(0.61–1.14)

0.86(0.55–1.33)

0.73(0.46–1.14)

2.23(1.72–2.89)

2.60(1.38–4.87)

1.23(0.83–1.84)

0.88(0.57–1.35)

Involvement of personal relations

 No

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

 Yes

4.71(3.70–6.01)

4.09(3.17–5.26)

5.51(4.13–7.35)

4.91(3.65–6.61)

3.29(2.07–5.25)

3.59(2.21–5.82)

  1. Results in bold is considered statistically significant
  2. aOther health care professionals encompass all professional relations apart from the general practitioner and another doctor
  3. bPersonal relations other than family encompass colleague/classmate, friend, neighbor and other
  4. Adjustments were made for possible confounders: age, number of symptoms, available social network