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Table 2 Significant associations between experiential factors 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 (%)

Interested in spiritual care (%)

Odds ratio

Confidence interval (95%)

p Value

Frequency of Visitors (if hospitalized)

     

 Almost every day

174 (48)

71 (41)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Few times a week

22 (6)

10 (45)

1.18

0.48-2.88

0.715

 Once a week or less

26 (7)

19 (73)

3.85

1.54-9.63

0.004*

 Not hospitalized

99 (27)

41 (41)

1.00

0.61-1.65

0.996

 Non-response

43 (12)

    

Previous visit from spiritual caregiver?

     

 No

312 (86)

115 (37)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Not sure

9 (2)

5 (56)

2.1

0.6-8.0

0.272

 Yes

43 (12)

30 (70)

3.9

2.0-7.8

<0.001*

Understanding of what a spiritual caregiver is/does

     

 No

102 (28)

27 ( 26)

1.00

Ref.

 

 Unsure

37 (10)

12 (32)

1.4

0.6-3.2

0.418

 Yes

225 (62)

113 (50)

2.9

1.8-4.8

<0.001*

  1. *p <0.05.