Table 4

Female CFS/ME patients' probability of assessing quality as poor/very poor in specialist care and coordination of care, according to self-rated health (multivariable logistic regressions)

 Specialist care (n=319)Coordination of care (n=309)
OR for trend (95% CI)OR for trend (95% CI)
Self-rated health*1.38 (1.05 to 1.82)1.24 (0.87 to 1.78)
Age in years0.99 (0.97 to 1.01)1.00 (0.98 to 1.03)
Education†1.13 (0.86 to 1.47)0.87 (0.61 to 1.22)
GP duration‡1.06 (0.66 to 1.71)0.62 (0.32 to 1.19)
GP frequency§0.95 (0.73 to 1.25)1.16 (0.82 to 1.65)
  • Statistically significant findings are marked in bold.

  • *Self-rated health in four groups: 1=very good/excellent, 2=fair, 3=poor, 4=very poor.

  • †Education in four groups: 1=Primary, 2=High school, 3=University 1–4 years, 4=University 5 years +.

  • ‡GP duration: 0=0–2 years, 1=>3 years.

  • §GP visits last year: 0=0 visits, 1=1–4 visits, 2=5–9 visits, 3=10+ visits.

  • CFS/ME, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis; GP, general practitioner.