Table 3 Patient and care characteristics related to full consensus among all involved, according to care staff, univariable and multivariable analyses
Full Consensus | No full consensus | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 937 (73%) | N = 347 (27%) | Univariable OR (95% CI) | p-value | Multivariable OR (95% CI) | p-value | |
Country | ||||||
Finland (ref)^ | 153 (59.5) | 104 (40.5) | ||||
Belgium | 168 (65.1) | 90 (34.9) | 1.22 (0.82–1.83) | .332 | 1.14 (0.75–1.72) | .538 |
Italy | 146 (76.8) | 44 (23.2) | 1.92 (1.13–3.28) | .016 | 2.42 (1.41–4.15) | .001 |
The Netherlands | 165 (77.5) | 48 (22.5) | 2.29 (1.50–3.50) | <.001 | 2.21 (1.42–3.44) | <.001 |
Poland | 237 (82.6) | 50 (17.4) | 3.07 (1.84–5.11) | <.001 | 3.47 (2.06–5.84) | <.001 |
England | 68 (86.1) | 11 (13.9) | 4.02 (2.03–7.96) | <.001 | 3.68 (1.81–7.47) | <.001 |
Patient characteristics | ||||||
Resident’s health in last week of lifea | ||||||
≤ median (20) | 516 (73.8) | 183 (26.2) | ||||
> median (20) | 392 (73.4) | 142 (26.6) | 0.94 (0.71–1.24) | .657 | ||
Resident’s comfort in the last week of lifeb | ||||||
≤ mean (30) | 381 (69.0) | 171 (31.0) | ||||
> mean (30) | 515 (77.4) | 150 (22.6) | 1.49 (1.15–1.93) | .002 | 1.57 (1.19–2.06) | .001 |
Dementia | ||||||
no | 288 (76.6) | 88 (23.4) | ||||
yes | 641 (71.4) | 257 (28.6) | 0.78 (0.59–1.04) | .091 | ||
Length of stay | ||||||
< 1 year | 388 (74.6) | 132 (25.4) | ||||
≥ 1 year | 504 (72.1) | 195 (27.9) | 0.98 (0.75–1.27) | .862 | ||
Resident expressed preferences about treatment in the last phase of life | ||||||
no or don’t know | 728 (73.0) | 269 (27.0) | ||||
yes | 199 (72.9) | 74 (27.1) | 1.06 (0.78–1.44) | .715 | ||
Care facility characteristics | ||||||
Organization of multidisciplinary meetings in facility | ||||||
no or don’t know | 208 (72.7) | 78 (27.3) | ||||
yes | 696 (73.4) | 252 (26.6) | 1.10 (0.76–1.58) | .611 | ||
No. care staff/10. occupied beds | ||||||
≤ 5 | 461 (77.0) | 138 (23.0) | ||||
> 5 | 423 (69.1) | 189 (30.9) | 0.67 (0.48–0.93) | .016 | ||