Relatives’ perceived quality of palliative care: comparisons between care settings in which patients die

BMC Palliative Care

Table 3 Explained variance of various models (as percentages)

	Adjusted R-squared
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
General quality rating (0–10)
Care provided to the patient in last week of life	0.012	0.056	0.074	0.104
Support by healthcare professionals for relatives before death of the patient	0.014	0.052	0.076	0.100
Support by healthcare professionals for relatives after death of the patient	0.010	0.035	0.046	0.064
CQI^a dimensions (1–4)
Care for the psychosocial/spiritual well-being of the patient	0.019	0.050	0.064	0.087
Care for the relative’s own psychosocial/spiritual well-being	0.024	0.060	0.096	0.119
Attitude to the relatives	0.027	0.075	0.069	0.103
Respect/care for autonomy	0.012	0.061	0.068	0.109
Information for the relative in the last week before death	0.013	0.040	0.042	0.061
Expertise	0.023	0.044	0.068	0.080

Model 1: Background characteristics (age and gender of the patient, age, gender, level of education and perceived health of the relative and their relationship to the patient)
Model 2: Background characteristics + place of death
Model 3: Background characteristics + disease characteristics of the patient (disease and burden of the symptoms)
Model 4: Background characteristics + place of death + disease characteristics
^a CQI Consumer Quality Index, a survey for measuring experiences

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