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Table 2 Patient Demographic and Care Delivery Characteristics Associated with the Global Rating of Satisfaction

From: Evaluating satisfaction with the quality and provision of end-of-life care for patients from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds

Variables

Univariable Poisson Regression

Multivariable Poisson Regression

Unadjusted Relative Risk (RR) CI (95%)

p-value

Adjusted Relative Risk (RR) CI (95%)

p-value

Patient Race/Ethnicity

 Caucasian vs. not Caucasian

1.29 (0.89-1.87)

0.172

1.11 (0.73-1.70)

0.617

 South Asian vs. not South Asian

1.21 (0.47-3.14)

0.696

-

-

 East Asian vs. not East Asian

1.12 (0.59-2.14)

0.730

-

-

 Southeast Asian vs. not Southeast Asian

0.95 (0.32-2.80)

0.921

-

-

 Black vs. not Black

0.75 (0.26-2.18)

0.593

-

-

 Middle Eastern vs. not Middle Eastern

0.52 (0.23-1.17)

0.113

-

-

 Other Race/Ethnicity vs. all other groups

0.48 (0.26-0.89)

0.019

-

-

Patient Religion

 Buddhist vs. not Buddhist

1.82 (0.27-12.32)

0.539

-

-

 Christian vs. not Christian

1.22 (0.88-1.70)

0.225

-

-

 Jewish vs. not Jewish

1.12 (0.67-1.87)

0.661

-

-

 Atheist vs. not Atheist

0.99 (0.42-2.30)

0.972

-

-

 No religion vs. all other religious groups

0.83 (0.50-1.37)

0.466

-

-

 Hindu vs. not Hindu

0.80 (0.22-2.96)

0.741

-

-

 Muslim vs. not Muslim

0.46 (0.22-0.95)

0.036

0.46 (0.21-1.02)

0.056

 Other Religion vs. all other groups

0.61 (0.30-1.22)

0.158

-

-

Patient Religiosity

 Very/somewhat vs. a little/not at all

1.15 (0.83-1.59)

0.412

-

-

Language/Communication Barriers

 Usually/always vs. never/sometimes

0.57 (0.27-1.20)

0.137

0.49 (0.23–1.06)

0.069

Location of Death

 ICU vs. other

1.34 (0.97-1.85)

0.081

1.51 (1.05–2.19)

0.028