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Table 3 Logistic multilevel hierarchical regression model with participation in the MTC as the dependent variable

From: Health literacy and patient participation in multidisciplinary tumor conferences in breast cancer care: a multilevel modeling approach

Variables

Response trait

OR1

95%-CI2

Highest education level achieved

No school education

1.93

0.74–5.31

Lower secondary school education (Ref.)

1.00

 

Intermediate secondary school education

1.74

0.75–3.97

Entrance certificate for a university of applied sciences / University entrance certificate

1.12

0.54–2.34

Age

18–39

0.39

0.10–3.15

40–49

0.69

0.30–1.56

50–59 (Ref.)

1.00

 

60–69

0.80

0.38–1.69

≥70

0.93

0.42–2.08

Health literacy

Inadequate

0.31

0.11–0.93

Problematic

0.85

0.47–1.56

Sufficient (Ref.)

1.00

 

Living with partner

No

1.00

 

Yes

0.92

0.48–1.75

Native language

German

1.00

 

Other

1.89

0.49–7.23

Health insurance status

Statutory (Ref.)

1.00

 

Private

0.74

0.26–2.12

Statutory with additional private insurance

0.95

0.39–2.27

UICC stage

Stage 0 / I (Ref.)

1.00

 

Stage II

0.83

0.45–1.53

Stage III / IV

0.39

0.13–1.18

n patients

 

863

 

n breast cancer centers

 

43

 

ICC3 (ICC null model)

 

0.161 (0.149)

 
  1. 1Standardized odds ratios (OR)
  2. 295%-confidence intervals (95%-CI)
  3. 3Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)
  4. Significant results in bold (p < 0.05)