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Table 6 Linear regression analyses of associations between outcome measures and patients’ characteristics

From: Primary data on symptom burden and quality of life among elderly patients at risk of dying during unplanned admissions to an NHS hospital: a cohort study using EuroQoL and the integrated palliative care outcome scale

Variable

EQ-5D-5 L index score

EQ-VAS

IPOS total score

Baseline EQ-5D-5 L

0.53 (0.11)***

-5.90 (9.37)

-7.37 (2.84)*

Baseline VAS

-0.00 (0.00)

0.33 (0.10)**

0.05 (0.33)

Baseline IPOS

-0.00 (0.00)

-0.17 (0.24)

0.44 (0.90)***

Gender (ref: male)

0.06 (0.05)

-3.98 (4.54)

0.30 (1.26)

Age

0.00 (0.00)

-0.36 (0.48)

0.28 (0.11)*

Charlson (ref: 0)

1

0.03 (0.09)

-0.84 (9.42)

7.54 (2.25)**

2

0.07 (0.08)

2.41 (8.43)

4.75 (0.11)**

CRISTAL score

-0.00 (0.20)

-1.47 (2.04)

-1.18 (0.57)*

Known to PMS

-0.02 (0.05)

2.27 (3.90)

2.11 (1.35)

Marital status (ref: single)

Married

0.01 (0.12)

15.13 (7.89)

-2.17 (2.71)

Divorced

0.12 (0.16)

11.92 (8.78)

-1.21 (4.46)

Widowed

0.00 (0.12)

14.13 (9.23)

-2.56 (2.90)

Constant

0.16 (0.43)

68.97 (51.3)

-6.01 (11.36)

  1. Unstandardized beta-coefficients are reported; robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05