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Table 1 Associations between patient demographic, spiritual, and clinical data and patient openness to receiving a spiritual care visit (bivariate analysis)

From: Cultural differences in spiritual care: findings of an Israeli oncologic questionnaire examining patient interest in spiritual care

 

No. of patients (%)

No. interested in spiritual care (%)

Odds ratio

Confidence interval (95%)

p Value

Gender

     

 Male

151 (41)

59 (39)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Female

186 (51)

84 (45)

1.26

0.81-1.94

0.305

 Non-response

27 (7)

    

Age

     

 Under 40

33 (9)

16 (48)

1.00

Ref.

 

 40-50

47 (13)

24 (51)

1.11

0.46-2.70

0.820

 50-60

90 (25)

33 (37)

0.62

0.28-1.38

0.237

 60-65

62 (17)

27 (44)

0.82

0.35-1.91

0.646

 66-70

43 (12)

15 (35)

0.57

0.23-1.44

0.233

 Over 70

79 (22)

31 (39)

0.69

0.30-1.56

0.367

 Non-response

10 (3)

    

Marital status

     

 Single

19 (5)

7 (37)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Married

264 (73)

108 (41)

1.17

0.45-3.06

0.752

 Divorced

40 (11)

19 (48)

1.56

0.51-4.75

0.442

 Widowed

33 (9)

14 (42)

1.26

0.40-4.03

0.693

 Non-response

8 (2)

    

Educational level

     

 Primary school

49 (13)

22 (45)

1.00

Ref.

 

 High school

115 (32)

48 (42)

0.88

0.45-1.73

0.708

 More than high school

184 (51)

74 (40)

0.83

0.44-1.56

0.554

 Non-response

16 (4)

    

Religion

     

 Jewish

276 (76)

119 (43)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Muslim

34 (9)

16 (47)

1.19

0.58-2.43

0.633

 Druze

11 (3)

3 (27)

0.50

0.13-1.93

0.317

 Arab Christian

12 (3)

5 (42)

0.96

0.30-3.09

0.941

 Other Christian

8 (2)

3 (38)

0.80

0.19-3.43

0.767

 Other

8 (2)

2 (25)

0.45

0.09-2.25

0.328

 Non-response

15 (4)

    

Place of birth

     

 Israel

168 (46)

77 (46)

1.00

Ref.

 

 FSU

70 (19)

27 (39)

0.72

0.40-1.30

0.277

 Europe

47 (13)

15 (32)

0.54

0.27-1.09

0.084

 Middle East/N. Africa

51 (14)

22 (43)

0.87

0.45-1.67

0.677

 Other

14 (4)

5 (36)

0.64

0.20-2.01

0.441

 Non-response

14 (4)

    

Spirituality

     

 Not spiritual

58 (16)

9 (16)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Somewhat spiritual

203 (56)

87 (43)

4.17

1.94-8.94

<0.001*

 Very spiritual

76 (21)

46 (61)

8.35

3.58-19.47

<0.001*

 Non-response

27 (7)

    

Religiousness

     

 Secular

146 (40)

48 (33)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Traditional

135 (37)

63 (47)

1.79

1.10-2.90

0.019*

 Religious

61 (17)

33 (54)

2.41

1.31-4.43

0.005*

 Non-response

22 (6)

    

Time since primary diagnosis

     

 <4 weeks

25 (7)

11 (44)

1.00

Ref.

 

 1-3 months

59 (16)

21 (36)

0.70

0.27-1.82

0.469

 3-6 months

76 (21)

33 (43)

0.98

0.39-2.43

0.960

 >6 months

176 (48)

79 (45)

1.04

0.45-2.41

0.934

 Non-response

28 (8)

    
  1. *p <0.05.
  2. Data not showing significant correlation not included in table: disease recurrence, metastatic disease, status of oncology treatment.