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Table 6 Logistic regression of signing advance directives among non-cancer patients

From: Prevalence and predictors of advance directive among terminally ill patients in Taiwan before enactment of Patient Right to Autonomy Act: a nationwide population-based study

 

Non-cancer patients

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Age

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

0.174

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

0.014*

Gender

 Male (vs female)

0.88 (0.68, 1.14)

0.328

0.93 (0.68, 1.25)

0.619

Marital status

 Married (vs not married)

1.95 (1.39, 2.74)

< 0.001*

0.99 (0.60, 1.62)

0.987

Years of education

  ≥ 7 (vs 0–6)

1.10 (0.83, 1.48)

0.507

1.31 (0.93, 1.85)

0.119

Religion

 Yes (vs no)

1.17 (0.88, 1.56)

0.277

0.89 (0.64, 1.24)

0.488

Major caregiver

 Family members (vs self)

8.24 (3.96, 17.16)

< 0.001*

9.68 (3.99, 23.53)

< 0.001*

 Care homes (vs self)

8.70 (3.66, 20.68)

< 0.001*

12.14 (4.29, 34.37)

< 0.001*

 Friends/maid (vs self)

4.30 (1.82, 10.16)

0.001*

4.83 (1.81, 12.89)

0.002*

Patients know their poor prognosis

 Yes (vs no)

22.86 (3.17, 165.12)

0.002*

Type of non-cancer diagnosis

 Cerebrovascular diseases

3.27 (2.02, 5.28)

< 0.001*

3.90 (2.28, 6.66)

< 0.001*

 Chronic liver diseases

2.79 (1.63, 4.79)

< 0.001*

3.13 (1.72, 5.68)

< 0.001*

 Multiple organ failure

2.40 (0.98, 5.87)

0.056

2.60 (0.96, 7.07)

0.062

 Renal diseases

1.80 (1.03, 3.13)

0.038*

2.11 (1.15, 3.87)

0.016*

 Respiratory diseases

2.43 (1.52, 3.88)

< 0.001*

2.42 (1.45, 4.03)

0.001*

 Rheumatic diseases

1.83 (0.68, 4.87)

0.230

2.60 (0.86, 7.81)

0.090

 Sepsis/ septic shock

2.39 (1.47, 3.89)

< 0.001*

2.82 (1.63, 4.88)

< 0.001*

 Other diseases (vs cardiovascular diseases)

2.82 (1.52, 5.24)

0.001*

3.08 (1.55, 6.13)

0.001*

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval
  3. Footnote: The variable “Patients know their poor prognosis” was not included in the analysis of non-cancer patients because there were too few cases in one level