Symptoms, symptom relief and support in COVID-19 patients dying in hospitals during the first pandemic wave

BMC Palliative Care

Table 5 Sex differences (ref: women) in symptom occurrence in the COVID-19 group, adjusted for age categories (ref: oldest). Analysed with logistic regression

Characteristics	Sex differences (ref: women)			Age categories (ref: oldest)
Characteristics	OR	95% CI	p value	Age, years	OR	95% CI	P-value
Breathlessness occurrence^a	.91	.71–1.16	.43	18–64	1.78	.89–3.54	.10
				65–74	2.76	1.57–4.86	<.001
				75–84	2.85	1.74–4.68	<.001
				85–94	2.07	1.27–3.37	.003
				≥95	Ref
Anxiety occurrence^a	.74	.57–.96	.020	18–64	1.66	.77–3.58	.20
				65–74	1.52	.84–2.73	.17
				75–84	1.34	.81–2.23	.25
				85–94	1.24	.75–2.06	.40
				≥95	Ref
Delirium occurrence^a	1.11	.86–1.42	.43	18–64	.64	.28–1.44	.28
				65–74	.94	.51–1.73	.85
				75–84	1.18	.69–2.02	.56
				85–94	1.29	.75–2.20	.37
				≥95	Ref
Respiratory secretions occurrence^a	1.53	1.23–1.90	<.001	18–64	.57	.30–1.13	.11
				65–74	.80	.47–1.35	.40
				75–84	.86	.53–1.37	.52
				85–94	1.03	.64–1.65	.90
				≥95	Ref
Nausea occurrence^a	.52	.34–.80	.003	18–64	1.68	.50–5.68	.40
				65–74	1.74	.65–4.67	.27
				75–84	1.11	.45–2.75	.83
				85–94	.76	.30–1.91	.56
				≥95	Ref
Pain occurrence^a	.87	.69–1.10	.24	18–64	.72	.37–1.41	.34
				65–74	1.20	.69–2.10	.52
				75–84	1.03	.63–1.68	.92
				85–94	.97	.59–1.58	.89
				≥95	Ref

^a“Don’t know” was an optional answer for the questions on symptom occurrence, and these responses were excluded from the analysis. Therefore, numbers do not sum to group totals

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