Baseline characteristics of 141 subjects with univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with virtual clinic satisfaction
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
| Patient satisfaction | P value | P value | |||
| Low (n=68) | High (n=73) | RR (95% CI) | |||
| Constant | 0.15 | 0.334 | |||
| Age (years) | 46 (43.1–49.6) | 44 (40.4–47.1) | 0.264* | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.02) | 0.983 |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 37 (49) | 39 (51) | 0.906† | 1 | – |
| Male | 31 (48) | 34 (52) | 0.75 (0.31 to 1.80) | 0.520 | |
| Disease | |||||
| Crohn’s disease | 37 (51) | 35 (49) | 1 | – | |
| Ulcerative colitis | 31 (45) | 38 (55) | 0.443† | 1.97 (0.83 to 4.70) | 0.126 |
| Disease duration (years) | 15 (12.3–17.1) | 11 (9.1–12.2) | 0.005* | 0.95 (0.90 to 0.99) | 0.047 |
| Disease activity | |||||
| Inactive | 44 (44) | 57 (56) | 1 | – | |
| Active | 24 (60) | 16 (40) | 0.078† | 0.36 (0.14 to 0.93) | 0.035 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Student/retired/unemployed | 15 (52) | 14 (48) | 1 | – | |
| Employed/homemaker | 53 (47) | 59 (53) | 0.672† | 0.37 (0.12 to 1.18) | 0.094 |
| Work and transport cost§ | 0.128 | ||||
| ≤€10 | 33 (57) | 25 (43) | 1 | – | |
| €10–19 | 21 (50) | 21 (50) | 1.84 (0.66 to 5.13) | 0.246 | |
| ≥€20 | 14 (35) | 26 (65) | 0.037‡ | 3.55 (1.02 to 12.40) | 0.047 |
| Total travel distance to clinic | 0.365 | ||||
| ≤10 kilometres | 25 (57) | 19 (43) | 1 | – | |
| 11–49 kilometres | 27 (45) | 33 (55) | 1.99 (0.77 to 5.17) | 0.158 | |
| ≥50 kilometres | 16 (43) | 21 (57) | 0.212‡ | 1.59 (0.42 to 6.01) | 0.491 |
| Personality trait (range 1–10) | |||||
| Extroversion | 6.9 (6.4–7.5) | 7.0 (6.6–7.5) | 0.826* | 1.08 (0.87 to 1.34 | 0.500 |
| Agreeableness | 8.0 (7.6–8.4) | 7.6 (7.2–8.1) | 0.206* | 0.78 (0.61 to 0.99) | 0.042 |
| Conscientiousness | 8.2 (7.7–8.7) | 8.7 (8.4–9.1) | 0.113* | 1.27 (0.97 to 1.66) | 0.088 |
| Neuroticism | 6.1 (5.6–6.5) | 5.9 (5.3–6.5) | 0.599* | 1.02 (0.84 to 1.24) | 0.841 |
| Openness | 6.5 (6.1–6.9) | 7.4 (7–7.8) | 0.001* | 1.48 (1.13 to 1.93) | 0.004 |
Dummy variables for the multivariate analysis included female gender, Crohn’s disease, inactive disease, student/retired/unemployed subjects, cost less than €10 and travel distance less than 10 kilometres. Continuous data in the univariate analysis are presented as means and 95% CIs and categorical data as numbers and percentages. Virtual clinic satisfaction scores were categorised around the median (median score 18, range 0–20). Bold p values indicate statistical significance.
*Student’s t-test.
†χ2 test.
‡χ2 test for trend.
§Data missing for one patient.
RR, relative risk.