Predictors of spiritual care provision for patients with dementia at the end of life as perceived by physicians: a prospective study

Table 7 Independent predictors of the provision of spiritual end-of-life care as perceived by physicians (n = 207, multivariable analyses with multiple imputation)

	Independent association with the provision of spiritual end-of-life care; OR (95% CI)
	Significant associations are italicized and bolded
(1) ^* Satisfied with communication with the physician, 0–3 scale	*1.6 (1.04; 2.5) per point increment (p = 0.034)*
(2) Faith or spirituality very important
- Both resident and physician	*19 (5.6; 63)*
- Resident only	*15 (5.1; 47)*
- Physician only	2.2 (0.46; 10)
- Neither	Reference
(3) Family expected death one month before	1.3 (0.51; 3.3)
(4) (a) Facility size, number of psychogeriatric (dementia) care beds	0.997 (0.987; 1.007)/bed
(b) Female gender family	*2.7 (1.1; 6.6)*

^*The numbers between brackets refer to the categories as listed in Table 1 and univariable analyses presented in Tables 3, 4, 5 and 6: (1) Quality of care, (2) A more individualised or more person-centered approach of care; religious backgrounds, (3) Palliative care, (4) Other factors or unclear expectation with regard to the direction of a possible association.

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