Characteristics of Clinical Encounters With a General Practitioner (GP) in the Most Deprived and Least Deprived Areas of Scotland, by Type of Consultation
| Consultations for Physical Problems | Consultations for Psychosocial Problems | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Most Deprived Areas Mean (SD) | Least Deprived Areas Mean (SD) | P Value | Most Deprived Areas Mean (SD) | Least Deprived Areas Mean (SD) | P Value |
| * Based on the General Health Questionnaire-12 caseness cutoff score of 4 or more. | ||||||
| † Rated on a scale from 1 to 5, in which 1 = not at all, 5 = very well. | ||||||
| ‡ Rated on a scale of 1 to 10, in which higher scores indicate higher empathy. | ||||||
| § Rated on a scale of 1 to 6, in which higher scores indicate more enablement. | ||||||
| || Rated on a scale from 0 to 10, in which 0 = no stress and 10 = very much stress. | ||||||
| Age, years | 45.4 (17.9) | 47.5 (17.9) | .015 | 39.5 (14.0) | 43.7 (14.8) | .003 |
| General health score* | 2.7 (1.0) | 2.4 (1.0) | <.001 | 3.22 (1.0) | 2.8 (1.0) | <.001 |
| No. of problems | 1.6 (0.9) | 1.5 (0.7) | <.001 | 2.0 (0.9) | 1.7 (0.7) | .003 |
| Knows doctor† | 3.6 (1.4) | 3.5 (1.3) | .285 | 3.8 (1.3) | 3.6 (1.2) | .127 |
| GP empathy score‡ | 41.1 (0.9) | 40.6 (0.9) | .300 | 40.9 (9.1) | 42.2 (8.6) | .156 |
| Consultation duration, minutes | 8.0 (4.0) | 8.4 (4.5) | .045 | 8.9 (4.3) | 9.6 (4.9) | .076 |
| Patient enablement score§ | 4.0 (3.8) | 3.9 (3.5) | .555 | 3.3 (3.4) | 4.1 (3.5) | .023 |
| GP stress index|| | 3.8 (2.4) | 3.3 (1.6) | <.001 | 3.9 (2.3) | 3.3 (1.5) | <.001 |