Table 3 Different background factors and attitudes explaining the decision to choose active or intensive care (n = 495) over palliative care (n = 574) in forward logistic regression analysis
n | OR | (95% CI) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Year of the survey | 0.033 | |||
1999 | 575 | ref | ||
2015 | 494 | 1.37 | (1.03, 1.84) | |
Physician groups | 0.017 | |||
Oncologists | 114 | ref | ||
Surgeons | 250 | 1.41 | (0.87, 2.28) | 0.162 |
Internists | 262 | 1.65 | (1.02, 2.66) | 0.042 |
GPs | 443 | 1.98 | (1.26, 3.10) | 0.003 |
Age | 1069 | 0.96 | (0.94, 0.97) | < 0.001 |
Taking care of a family member in end-of-life | 0.077 | |||
No | 411 | ref | ||
Yes | 658 | 0.78 | (0.60, 1.03) | |
Importance of family | 0.060 | |||
Important | 1042 | ref | ||
Not important | 27 | 2.16 | (0.97, 4.84) | |
Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments is reprehensible (VASa) | 1069 | 0.91 | (0.86, 0.96) | 0.001 |
Advance directives have been helpful in my decisions (VAS) | 1069 | 0.94 | (0.89, 0.99) | 0.016 |
It is waste of resources to treat patients over 80 years of age in intensive care units (VASa) | 1069 | 1.07 | (1.02, 1.13) | 0.007 |