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Table 6 The predicting factors of knowledge, attitude, and action of Advanced Care Planning (ACP) for nurses (n = 218)

From: The exploration of the knowledge, attitudes and practice behaviors of advanced care planning and its related predictors among Taiwanese nurses

 

unstandardized coefficients

Beta

t

p value

Collinearity

B

SE

Tolerance

VIF

ACP-Knowledge

  (constant)

4.807

0.174

 

27.67

0.000

  

 Age

0.018

0.037

0.106

0.474

0.636

0.079

12.621

Position title

 RN a(ref d)

       

 AHN b

−0.296

0.495

− 0.040

−0.598

0.551

0.917

1.091

 HN c

1.367

0.421

0.218

3.248

0.001

0.899

1.112

Clinical ladder

 N(ref d)

       

 N1

0.045

0.235

0.015

0.192

0.848

0.672

1.489

 N2(and)above

0.272

0.283

0.101

0.962

0.337

0.366

2.735

Years of work experience

0.009

0.015

0.060

0.644

0.520

0.465

2.152

Palliative continuing education

 0~6 h(ref d)

       

 7~12 h

−0.774

0.247

−0.206

−3.131

0.002

0.936

1.069

  > 12 h

− 0.651

0.375

−0.113

−1.735

0.084

0.954

1.048

lacking related training

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

−0.457

0.183

−0.161

−2.490

0.014

0.966

1.035

Do not know how to communicate with patient or family

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

−0.211

0.201

−0.070

−1.049

0.295

0.917

1.090

ACP-Attitude

(constant)

51.966

1.664

 

31.231

0.000

  

ACP-Knowledge

−0.994

0.324

−0.202

−3.072

0.002

0.987

1.013

patients do not feel necessary

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

−2.015

1.105

−0.119

−1.823

0.070

0.995

1.005

Not sure when is the best timing to discuss

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

1.639

0.891

0.121

1.839

0.067

0.989

1.011

Worry of patient or family not accepting

 No(refd)

       

 Yes

1.744

0.853

0.134

2.045

0.042

0.990

1.010

ACP-Action

(constant)

1.097

1.176

 

0.933

0.352

  

ACP-A-b e

0.382

0.062

0.367

6.188

0.000

0.820

1.220

ACP-A-s f

0.161

0.047

0.202

3.452

0.001

0.838

1.193

ACP-A-p g

0.110

0.043

0.146

2.547

0.012

0.876

1.141

Position title

 RN A(ref d)

  AHN b

−1.689

0.840

−0.111

−2.011

0.046

0.945

1.058

  HN c

−0.121

0.707

−0.009

−0.171

0.864

0.948

1.055

Not familiar to the content of ACP

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

0.581

0.339

0.097

1.715

0.088

0.904

1.107

Patients do not feel necessary

 No(ref d)

  Yes

−0.792

0.390

−0.113

−2.030

0.044

0.926

1.080

Unsure of physician’s concern

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

0.748

0.302

0.136

2.478

0.014

0.951

1.052

Do not know how to communicate with patient or family

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

0.559

0.348

0.091

1.606

0.110

0.907

1.103

Worry of patient or family not accepting

       

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

0.435

0.306

0.081

1.423

0.156

0.894

1.119

Worry of patient or family being misinterpreted of giving up

 No(ref d)

       

 Yes

0.344

0.304

0.064

1.130

0.260

0.905

1.105

  1. a: RN registered nurse, b: AHN assistant head nurse, c: HN head nurse, d: ref reference group, e: ACP-A-b ACP-Attitude-belief, f: ACP-A-s ACP-Attitude-subjective standard, g: ACP-A-p ACP-Attitude-perceived control
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