Table 6 Logistic regression, with hospital or specialized palliative care (SPC) as place of death as dependent variable, and SPC used as reference
Hospital, compared to specialized palliative care, as place of death | ||
|---|---|---|
Bivariate | Multivariate a | |
Independent variable | OR (95% CI), p-value | OR (95% CI), p-value |
Time between last visit and death, days | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00), 0.13 | |
Age, years | 1.03 (1.01, 1.06), 0.009 | |
Sex | ||
Men | 1 | |
Women | 1.51 (1.05, 2.18), 0.026 | |
Living situation: | ||
Living alone Cohabiting | 10.57 (0.33, 0.99), 0.047 | |
Number of exacerbations in the last 12 months | 0.91 (0.84, 1.00), 0.049 | |
Number of hospitalizations in the last 12 months | 0.98 (0.85, 1.11), 0.71 | |
FEV1% predicted | 1.01 (0.99, 1.03), 0.59 | |
Exercise capacity (days/week) | 1.01 (0.93, 1.09), 0.84 | |
Smoking: | ||
Non-smokers | 1 | |
Ex-smokers | 1.02 (0.39, 2.63), 0.97 | |
Still smoking | 0.70 (0.26, 1.89), 0.49 | |
Dyspnea (mMRC) | 0.93 (0.78, 1.10), 0.40 | |
HRQoL (CCQ) | 0.97 (0.78, 1.22), 0.80 | |
Heart failure | 2.76 (1.55, 4.91), 0.001 | 3.56 (1.01, 12.51), 0.048 |
Ischemic heart disease | 1.56 (0.97, 2.50), 0.069 | |
Stroke | 0.95 (0.42, 2.15), 0.90 | |
Hypertension | 1.61 (1.08, 2.41), 0.020 | |
Diabetes | 0.85 (0.49, 1.49), 0.57 | |
Osteoporosis | 1.49 (0.87, 2.54), 0.147 | |
Depression/anxiety | 0.77 (0.48, 1.25), 0.30 | |
Lung cancer | 0.31 (0.11, 0.86), 0.026 | 0.13 (0.02, 0.68), 0.016 |
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency | 0.74 (0.13, 4.13), 0.74 | |