Table 2 Associations between predictor variables and number of GP visits
| Number of GP visits a year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 (n = 134) | 3–4 (n = 161) | 5–6 (n = 113) | Monthly (n = 68) | Test of association with GP visits | ||||
| Variable | Category | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Total n | χ2 test | p value |
| Time with ME | 1–2 years | 4 (12.5) | 12 (37.5) | 8 (25) | 8 (25) | 32 | ||
| 2–5 years | 14 (20.6) | 25 (36.8) | 19 (27.9) | 10 (14.7) | 68 | |||
| 5–10 years | 34 (28.3) | 34 (28.3) | 32 (26.7) | 20 (16.7) | 120 | |||
| 10–15 years | 17 (21) | 27 (33.3) | 25 (30.9) | 12 (14.8) | 81 | |||
| 15–20 years | 23 (29.5) | 31 (39.7) | 14 (17.9) | 10 (12.8) | 78 | |||
| > 20 years | 42 (43.3) | 32 (33) | 15 (15.5) | 8 (8.2) | 97 | |||
| Total time with ME | 28.062 | .021* | ||||||
| Location | Rest of UK | 125 (30) | 142 (34.1) | 94 (22.5) | 56 (13.4) | 417 | ||
| Manchester borough | 9 (15.3) | 19 (32.2) | 19 (32.2) | 12 (20.3) | 59 | |||
| Total location | 7.791 | .050* | ||||||
| Trust in GP | Yes | 21 (17.6) | 43 (36.1) | 30 (25.2) | 25 (21) | 119 | ||
| No | 79 (35.3) | 67 (29.9) | 52 (23.2) | 26 (11.6) | 224 | |||
| Unsure | 34 (25.6) | 51 (38.3) | 31 (23.3) | 17 (12.8) | 133 | |||
| Total trust in GP | 16.261 | .012* | ||||||
| Formal diagnosis | Yes | 129 (27.9) | 157 (33.9) | 111 (24) | 66 (14.3) | 463 | ||
| No | 5 (38.5) | 4 (30.8) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (15.4) | 13 | |||
| Total diagnosis | .946 | .814 | ||||||
| Time to diagnosis | < 3 months | 7 (25) | 13 (46.4) | 5 (17.9) | 3 (10.7) | 28 | ||
| 3–6 months | 25 (32.9) | 31 (40.8) | 15 (19.7) | 5 (6.6) | 76 | |||
| 6 mths-1 year | 31 (26.1) | 44 (37) | 22 (18.5) | 22 (18.5) | 119 | |||
| 1–2 years | 25 (32.5) | 21 (27.3) | 22 (28.6) | 9 (11.7) | 77 | |||
| 2–5 years | 22 (28.2) | 19 (24.4) | 21 (26.9) | 16 (20.5) | 78 | |||
| > 5 years | 24 (24.5) | 33 (33.7) | 28 (28.6) | 13 (13.3) | 98 | |||
| Total time to diagnosis | 19.458 | .194 | ||||||
| Gender | Female | 106 (25.8) | 139 (33.8) | 105 (25.5) | 61 (14.8) | 411 | ||
| Male | 28 (43.1) | 22 (33.8) | 8 (12.3) | 7 (10.8) | 65 | |||
| Total gender | 10.753 | .013* | ||||||