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RESULTS - PART 1
RESULTS - PART 1
The primary carer reported that, of those who were waiting for health care 35% awaited an outpatient
consultation and 29% awaited surgery (Figure 3.13). Almost seven out of every ten were waiting for more than
three months. Over two thirds of the primary carers thought that the waiting time was unacceptable (Table 3.32).
A similar proportion of household members who were waiting for health care were living in less deprived areas
and more deprived areas (26/443, 5.9% versus 37/519, 7.1%, p=0.4).
Figure 3.13 Type of treatment awaited by household members as reported by primary carers (n=63)
PERCENTAGE
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
34.9
Consultation
28.6
Surgery
TYPE OF TREATMENT AWAITED
19.1
Dentist
Factors associated with those waiting for health care
9.5 7.9
Speech/
physio/OT
Medical
Bi-variate analysis using six groups of variables (demographic characteristics, socio-economic characteristics,
chronic illness, disability, health related behaviours, and health services utilised) indicated that several factors
were significantly associated with reported waiting for health care at the time of the survey.
Logistic regression models were constructed to clarify the independent associations between the significant
variables and the likelihood of reported waiting for health care at the time of the survey (Table 3.33). The
relationships presented are those that remained statistically significant or were deemed clinically important after
taking account of confounding. The associations are expressed as odds ratios adjusted for confounding.
Table 3.33 Logistic regression model to identify determinants of those waiting for health care in the Finglas
population (63/963)
Total Awaiting Proportion % Adjusted p-value
health care
Odds ratio
(95% CI)
Used a hospital service in the 12 months prior to the survey
No 635 26 4.1 1
Yes 319 37 11.6 2.4 (1.4 to 4.2) 0.002
Missing 9
Whole model χ2=271, p