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Table 3 Multiple logistic regression 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

 

OR

95%CI

p-value

OR

95%CI

p-value

Age (for 10 years continuous)#

1.04

0.99-1.02

0.620

1.21

1.08-1.34

0.001

Gender (ref.= male)

0.87

0.64-1.18

0.363

1.18

0.96-1.45

0.112

ADL and cognition (ref.= neither severely impaired in ADL nor in cognition)

      

   Severely impaired in both ADL and cognition

1.50

0.79-2.82

0.216

1.70

1.27-2.27

<0.001

   Severely impaired in ADL, but not severely in cognition

1.47

1.07-2.03

0.018

1.36

1.07-1.72

0.010

   Not severely impaired in ADL, but severely in cognition

1.05

0.35-3.16

0.933

0.92

0.51-1.64

0.919

Patient's and family's preference for death at home (ref.= neither prefers at home)

      

   Both prefer at home

57.00

38.79-83.76

<0.001

12.33

9.51-15.99

<0.001

   Only the patient prefers at home

4.69

3.11-7.07

<0.001

2.04

1.48-2.80

<0.001

   Only the family prefers at home

20.07

12.24-32.91

<0.001

11.51

8.56-15.99

<0.001

Duration of VNS services (ref.= shortest quartile)

      

   2nd quartile

0.76

0.50-1.15

0.193

(Not selected by stepwise procedure)

   3rd quartile

0.75

0.50-1.13

0.170

   

   4th quartile

0.32

0.21-0.49

<0.001

   

Where physician is based (ref.= hospital)

      

   Clinic

2.68

1.98-3.62

<0.001

1.99

1.62-2.45

<0.001

  1. #The Odds ratio shown is for 10 years increases (i.e., the tenth power of Odds ratio per one year of age).