Background
Methods
Setting and study design
Outcome measures
Sample size
Statistical analysis
Results and discussion
NoMASK | MASK | |
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No (%) | No (%) | |
Age
| ||
<44 | 77 (15.0) | 60 (11.7) |
45-64 | 251 (48.7) | 215 (41.7) |
>65 | 187 (36.3) | 238 (46.2) |
Gender
| ||
Female | 306 (59.4) | 304 (59.0) |
Male | 209 (40.6) | 207 (40.2) |
Education
| ||
Primary or Below | 210 (40.9) | 259 (50.9) |
Above Primary | 303 (59.1) | 250 (49.1) |
General Health over last 12 months
| ||
Very bad/Bad | 89 (17.4) | 94 (18.4) |
Fair | 295 (57.7) | 291 (56.9) |
Good/Very Good | 127 (24.9) | 127 (24.9) |
Knowing the doctor
| ||
Not Well/Neutral | 494 (96.0) | 490 (95.1) |
Quite Well/Very Well | 21 (4.1) | 23 (4.5) |
Nature of the problem
| ||
New (acute) illness | 102 (19.8) | 77 (15.0) |
Old (chronic) illness | 386 (74.8) | 418 (81.5) |
Both new and old | 28 (5.4) | 18 (3.5) |
Duration of consultation, mean (SD)
| 7.64 (4.55) | 7.67 (4.85) |
Mean ± standard deviation | |||
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NoMASK | MASK | Pr(>|t|) | |
Total CARE scores
| 34.91 ± 7.84 | 33.93 ± 7.65 | 0.043 |
PEI
| 2.60 ± 2.53 | 2.56 ± 2.41 | 0.869 |
Patient Satisfaction
| 5.69 ± 0.95 | 5.62 ± 1.04 | 0.251 |
Model building
Best fitted model A without interaction | Best fitted model B with interaction | |||||
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Variable | Estimate | SE | P-value* | Estimate | SE | P-value |
Intercept#
| 35.76 | 1.07 | 35.64 | 1.06 | ||
MASK | -0.95 | 0.44 | 0.027 | -0.76 | 0.45 | 0.0836 |
Age | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.201 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.1948 |
General Health | -1.51 | 0.34 | <0.0001 | -1.51 | 0.34 | <0.0001 |
Knowing the doctor well | 4.36 | 1.14 | <0.0001 | 6.94 | 1.63 | <0.0001 |
Consultation time | 0.32 | 0.05 | <0.0001 | 0.32 | 0.05 | <0.0001 |
Disease:Old | -0.34 | 0.60 | 0.5704 | -0.36 | 0.60 | 0.5948 |
Disease:Both | 1.92 | 1.19 | 0.1130 | 1.82 | 1.18 | 0.1342 |
MASK-Knowing the doctor well | -4.91 | 2.22 | 0.0308 | |||
Variance | Between^ | 5.86 (2.42) | 5.81 (2.41) | |||
component (SD) | Within | 47.00 (6.86) | 46.82 (6.84) |