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ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONN, number, *, significant 95% CI (confidence interval), and +, mean and standard deviation in parenthesisTable 3: The relationship between single variables and mean enablement scores and mean duration ofconsultationsTable 4: Multiple regression: the relationship between the enablement score as a dependent variable andother independent variables22 MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 10 ISSUE 7MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 10
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONIn the present study the meanduration of consultation was 10±4.2minutes (range from 5 to 20). Theseresults were partially in agreementwith many reported results whichconcluded that the mean ofconsultation time ranged between2 and 21 minutes. (19-20) Thevariation of the results of the presentand the above mentioned studiescould be explained by the differencesamong different family practicesettings regarding the flow rateand the existence of an appointedsystem that insures adequate timefor consultation. Also, the familyphysician may behave in differentways according to the nature ofsessions, as counselling sessionsmay need more time. This view wassupported by Freeman (2001). (21)In the present study the meanenablement score was 3.6±1.6(range from 1 to 7). This result isconsistent with that of Howie et al(1999)17 who reported that the meanenablement score was 4.5. Also, thepresent study illustrates that patient’sage over 60 was associated with highenablement and long consultations,and consultations for women lastedlonger than those for men. Theseresults are consistent with that ofKotic (2001) (22) who demonstratedthat patient satisfaction had apositive correlation with age, sex andeducational level.The result of the present studyconfirmed that there was a positivelinear association between durationof consultation and enablementscore (p
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