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Table 3 Characteristics of patients who expressed a preference for choosing aspects of their psychological treatment (adjusted for clustering by service)

From: Patient preference in psychological treatment and associations with self-reported outcome: national cross-sectional survey in England and Wales

Patient characteristic

Preference for choice of venue

Preference for time of appointments

Preference for gender of therapist

Preference for language/interpreter

Preference for type of therapy

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Age

18-24

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

25-34

1.07 (0.93-1.23)

1.31 (1.10-1.54)*

0.80 (0.69-0.93)*

1.06 (0.79-1.42)

1.16 (1.01-1.34)*

35-44

1.13 (0.99-1.30)

1.08 (0.92-1.26)

0.76 (0.65-0.88)**

1.12 (0.84-1.49)

1.02 (0.89-1.17)

45-54

1.11 (0.97-1.27)

0.90 (0.77-1.05)

0.83 (0.72-0.96)*

1.38 (1.05-1.83)*

1.03 (0.89-1.18)

55-64

1.18 (1.02-1.36)*

0.67 (0.57-0.79)**

0.75 (0.64-0.87)**

1.48 (1.11-1.98)*

0.83 (0.72-0.96)*

65-74

1.18 (0.99-1.40)

0.47 (0.39-0.57)**

0.74 (0.62-0.90)*

1.76 (1.25-2.47)**

0.67 (0.56-0.80)**

75+

0.97 (0.75-1.25)

0.40 (0.31-0.53)**

0.54 (0.40-0.73)**

1.71 (1.02-2.86)*

0.41 (0.31-0.54)**

Gender

Male

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Female

1.46 (1.36-1.57)**

1.79 (1.65-1.93)**

1.70 (1.56-1.85)**

1.05 (0.91-1.20)

1.37 (1.27-1.47)**

Sexuality

Heterosexual

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Gay/Lesbian

0.89 (0.72-1.10)

0.90 (0.72-1.13)

1.42 (1.14-1.76)**

0.61 (0.37-1.00)

1.31 (1.07-1.63)*

Bisexual/Other

0.90 (0.72-1.13)

0.90 (0.71-1.15)

1.40 (1.11-1.76)**

1.03 (0.67-1.58)

1.28 (1.02-1.60)*

Ethnicity

White

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Asian

1.22 (0.99-1.51)*

1.40 (1.08-1.80)*

1.52 (1.22-1.88)**

3.68 (2.83-4.77)**

1.06 (0.86-1.30)

Black

1.05 (0.77-1.43)

1.43 (0.98-2.09)

1.39 (1.01-1.92)

1.53 (0.91-2.58)

0.98 (0.72-1.34)

Mixed

1.16 (0.89-1.51)

1.21 (0.89-1.65)

1.45 (1.10-1.91)*

0.95 (0.55-1.64)

1.29 (0.98-1.68)

Other

1.24 (0.89-1.72)

1.27 (0.86-1.87)

1.37 (0.97-1.93)

5.44 (3.76-7.85)**

1.69 (1.19-2.38)*

  1. Note: * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 for differences compared to the reference group