Percentage of Shared Variance in Consultation Frequency Between Families According to Consultation Diagnosis of at Least 1 Child, Corrected for Age, Sex, and Family Practice (N = 122,601)
| Consultation Diagnosis* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Members | Headache % (95% CI) | Abdominal Pain % (95% CI) | Minor Ailments % (95% CI) | Musculoskeletal Trauma % (95% CI) | Chronic Illness % (95% CI) | All Diagnoses†% |
| Note: Shared variance = squared correlation between both family members at family level; 100% = maximum influence of shared factors at family level, 0% = no influence of shared family factors. | ||||||
| CI = confidence interval. | ||||||
| * The consultation diagnosis was headache for 4,173 families, abdominal pain for 7,414, minor ailments for 50,639, musculoskeletal trauma for 12,644, and chronic illness for 28,617. | ||||||
| † Based on our previous research on within-family similarity of contact frequencies in family practice.17 | ||||||
| Mother-father | 12.5 (9.4–16.0) | 10.0 (7.8–12.3) | 6.0 (5.3–6.7) | 10.0 (8.4–11.9) | 6.7 (5.8–7.7) | 9.0 |
| Mother-son | 20.2 (16.4–24.1) | 34.1 (31.0–37.1) | 19.0 (18.0–20.0) | 23.8 (21.5–26.1) | 19.6 (18.2–21.1) | 21.2 |
| Mother-daughter | 48.4 (44.5–52.3) | 34.7 (31.7–37.7) | 23.2 (22.1–24.3) | 27.8 (25.4–30.1) | 29.1 (27.6–30.6) | 24.0 |
| Father-son | 4.7 (2.7–7.2) | 17.1 (14.4–19.8) | 8.8 (8.0–9.7) | 11.2 (9.4–13.1) | 6.6 (5.6–7.6) | 10.2 |
| Father-daughter | 14.4 (11.1–18.1) | 6.9 (5.1–8.9) | 4.9 (4.3–5.6) | 7.4 (5.9–9.0) | 5.2 (4.3–6.1) | 9.0 |
| Daughter-son | 27.6 (23.5–31.7) | 26.4 (23.4–29.4) | 15.1 (14.1–16.1) | 23.5 (21.3–25.8) | 18.1 (16.8–19.5) | 23.0 |