Gender differences in the intention to withhold life-sustaining treatments involving severe dementia for self and on behalf of parent or spouse

Table 4 Mediators as Outcome Variables: The Gender Effect on the Attitude Toward Patient Autonomy Act (PAA)

	Sense of abandonment			Support for patient autonomy			Collective good
Variables	B	SE	95% CI	B	SE	95% CI	B	SE	95% CI
Gender (ref: Women)
Men	1.55	0.63	(0.31, 2.80)*	-0.75	0.3	(-1.34, -0.16)*	-1.77	0.48	(-2.73, -0.81)***
Control variables
Age	0.001	0.03	(-0.06, 0.06)	-0.01	0.02	(-0.05, 0.02)	0.01	0.02	(-0.04, 0.05)
Education	-1.35	1.22	(-3.77, 1.07)	0.21	0.42	(-0.48, 1.32)	1.08	0.73	(-0.38, 2.54)
Married	-0.78	0.67	(-2.11, 0.56)	0.06	0.37	(-0.69, 0.80)	0.69	0.66	(-0.62, 1.99)
Constant	9.12	1.58	(5.98, 12.26)	8.94	0.96	(7.02, 10.85)	11.48	1.4	(8.70, 14.26)
Model R²	0.11			0.11			0.19

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