Table 3 Risk factors for developing palliative care needs (PCNs)
From: Identification of hospital patients in need of palliative care – a predictive score
Risk factor | N | Odds ratio (95 % CI) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Cancer | 11,584 | 3.45 (3.10 – 3.84) | <.001 |
Metastases | 4256 | 3.29 (2.96 – 3.65) | <.001 |
AIDS/HIV | 114 | 3.23 (1.69 – 6.16) | <.001 |
Dementia | 474 | 2.12 (1.58 – 2.85) | <.001 |
Liver cirrhosis | 990 | 2.06 (1.67 – 2.53) | <.001 |
Acute renal failure | 769 | 1.88 (1.50 – 2.36) | <.001 |
Absence of relatives | 15,966 | 1.52 (1.39 – 1.65) | <.001 |
Chronic heart failure | 1870 | 1.52 (1.27 – 1.81) | <.001 |
Anemia | 2772 | 1.49 (1.32 – 1.69) | <.001 |
Depression | 1106 | 1.49 (1.20 – 1.85) | <.001 |
Cardiomyopathy | 750 | 1.41 (1.05 – 1.88) | .021 |
Chronic renal failure | 2950 | 1.26 (1.09 – 1.45) | .001 |
Coronary heart disease | 6276 | 1.14 (1.02 – 1.29) | .028 |
Sex: female | 18,073 | 1.03 (0.95 – 1.13) | .442 |
Age [1/y] | 39,849 | 1.02 (1.02 – 1.02) | <.001 |
Diabetes mellitus | 3839 | 0.97 (0.85 – 1.11) | .674 |
COPD | 1455 | 0.97 (0.80 – 1.18) | .788 |
Apoplectic insult | 1687 | 0.84 (0.65 – 1.07) | .151 |