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Table 4 Effect of nurse background on proportion of calls sent to self care (211 nurses taking 231,112 calls)

From: The effect of attitude to risk on decisions made by nurses using computerised decision support software in telephone clinical assessment: an observational study

Characteristic

Odds ratio* (95% CI)

p-value

Length of nursing experience

 

0.60

   < 10 years

1

 

   10–19 years

1.04 (0.95, 1.14)

 

   20+ years

1.14 (1.04, 1.25)

 

Main type of experience

 

0.025

   Hospital

1

 

   Community

0.90 (0.86, 0.95)

 

   Mixed/other

0.96 (0.92, 1.01)

 

Months worked in NHS 24

 

0.20

   0–11

1

 

   12–23

1.04 (0.95, 1.14)

 

   24+

1.08 (0.99, 1.19)

 
  1. * odds ratio from multi-level model adjusted for age and sex of patient and time of call