Predictors of dying at home for patients receiving nursing services in Japan: A retrospective study comparing cancer and non-cancer deaths

Ikezaki, Sumie; Ikegami, Naoki

doi:10.1186/1472-684X-10-3

Table 2 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with dying at home

From: Predictors of dying at home for patients receiving nursing services in Japan: A retrospective study comparing cancer and non-cancer deaths

	Cancer					Non-cancer
	Number dying at home	% dying at home		OR	95%CI	Number dying at home	% dying at home		OR	95%CI
Age at death
for 10 years continuous^#			**	1.17	1.07-1.28			***	1.66	1.52-1.81
Gender
Male	416	41.9		1.00		520	43.4		1.00
Female	285	42.5		1.02	0.84-1.25	709	54.0	***	1.53	1.31-1.79
ADL dependence
Not severe	306	33.1		1.00		380	35.3		1.00
Severe	368	54.3	***	2.31	1.89-2.82	830	59.8	***	2.64	2.24-3.11
Cognitive impairment
Not severe	644	41.7		1.00		865	45.1		1.00
Severe	57	47.9		1.28	0.88-1.86	364	61.4	***	1.93	1.60-2.33
Patient's preference for site of death
Home	543	67.0	***	8.95	7.14-11.23	581	68.9	***	3.49	2.92-4.16
Not home (hospital/unknown)	158	18.5		1.00		648	38.8		1.00
Family's preference for site of death
Home	570	81.4	***	27.80	21.39-36.34	879	81.9	***	14.08	11.57-17.14
Not home (hospital/unknown)	131	13.6		1.00		350	24.3		1.00
Family caregiver
None/present only at night	71	26.3		1.00		218	45.1		1.00
Present at all times	630	45.2	***	2.31	1.73-3.09	1011	49.9		1.21	0.99-1.47
Type of insurance
Health insurance	456	47.4		1.00		243	48.6		1.00
Long term care insurance	245	34.9	***	0.59	0.49-0.72	986	49.0		1.01	0.83-12.4
Duration of VNS services
Shortest quartile	207	48.5		1.00		303	50.0		1.00
2nd quartile	175	45.9		0.90	0.68-1.19	288	47.8		0.91	0.73-1.14
3rd quartile	198	49.3		1.03	0.78-1.35	297	49.3		0.97	0.77-1.21
4th quartile	119	29.4	***	0.44	0.33-0.58	333	55.1	†	1.22	0.98-1.54
Use of 24-hour VNS services
Yes	592	42.0		0.96	0.73-1.26	1008	49.8	†	1.18	0.97-1.45
No	109	42.9		1.00		221	45.5		1.00
Where physician is based
Hospital	222	27.1		1.00		319	32.5		1.00
Clinic	465	57.3	***	3.60	2.92-4.43	867	59.8	***	3.09	2.61-3.66
Use of home help services
Yes	226	41.3		0.95	0.77-1.17	710	50.2		1.13	0.96-1.32
No	475	42.5		1.00		519	47.3		1.00

Missing responses have been excluded from the total in each item.
^#The Odds ratio shown is for 10 years increases (i.e., the tenth power of Odds ratio per one year of age).
†p < 0.1, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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