Exploring the influencing factors of unmet palliative care needs in Chinese patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Multinomial logistic regression analysis of the POS among three classes (N = 305)

Variables	Class 1 vs. Class 3 ^a				Class 2 vs. Class 3 ^a				Class 2 vs. Class 1 ^a
Variables	β	SE	P	OR	β	SE	P	OR	β	SE	P	OR
Intercept	-3.884	4.457	0.384	-	-2.303	4.128	0.577	-	1.581	2.090	0.449	-
Age, years
< 65	-0.462	0.861	0.592	0.630	-0.671	0.782	0.391	0.511	-0.210	0.412	0.611	0.811
≥ 65 ^a
Education level
Junior high school and below	-1.356	1.033	0.189	0.258	-1.423	0.934	0.128	0.241	-0.067	0.476	0.888	0.935
Senior high school	-3.387	1.345	0.012	0.034	-3.425	1.274	0.007	0.033	-0.038	0.496	0.938	0.962
Senior high school above ^a
Place of residence
Rural	0.784	1.445	0.587	2.191	2.094	1.181	0.076	8.117	1.310	0.853	0.125	3.705
Urban ^a
Per capita monthly household income
< 2,000 Yuan RMB (approximately 280.4341 US$)	-5.899	1.310	< 0.001	0.003	-3.101	1.213	0.011	0.045	2.798	0.553	< 0.001	16.410
2,000–5,000 Yuan RMB (approximately 280.4341–701.0853 US$)	-0.149	1.091	0.891	0.862	0.546	1.035	0.598	1.726	0.695	0.434	0.109	2.003
> 5,000 Yuan RMB (approximately 701.0853 US$) ^a
Serum phosphorus (mmol/L)	-0.093	0.402	0.817	0.911	-0.073	0.349	0.834	0.929	0.020	0.235	0.932	1.020
Hemoglobin (g/L)	0.038	0.024	0.118	1.039	0.030	0.022	0.169	1.031	-0.007	0.011	0.515	0.993
Overall symptom burden	-0.057	0.152	0.707	0.944	-0.153	0.139	0.272	0.858	-0.096	0.075	0.205	0.909
Overall symptom severity	-0.202	0.060	0.001	0.817	-0.087	0.050	0.085	0.917	0.116	0.037	0.002	1.123
KPS	0.140	0.031	< 0.001	1.151	0.092	0.028	0.001	1.097	-0.048	0.016	0.002	0.953
PHQ-9	-0.593	0.166	< 0.001	0.553	-0.505	0.150	0.001	0.603	0.088	0.080	0.273	1.092
SSRS	0.301	0.097	0.002	1.351	0.280	0.093	0.003	1.323	-0.021	0.029	0.461	0.979

^a Reference group, Class 1 = mild palliative care needs, Class 2 = moderate palliative care needs, Class 3 = severe palliative care needs; POS palliative care outcome scale, KPS karnofsky performance status scale, PHQ-9 patient health questionnaire-9 item, SSRS social support rate scale

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