Refused cases | Univariable logistic regression | Granted cases | Univariable logistic regression | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No pressure | Pressure | No pressure | Pressure | |||
N = 96 | N = 146 | OR (95% CI) | N = 211 | N = 32 | OR (95% CI) | |
Patient characteristics | ||||||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 43 (46.2%) | 55 (37.9%) | Reference | 116 (55.0%) | 12 (37.5%) | Reference |
Female | 50 (53.8%) | 90 (62.1%) | 1.41 (0.83–2.39) | 95 (45.0%) | 20 (62.5%) | 2.04 (0.95–4.38) |
Age (year) | ||||||
≤ 64 | 45 (46.9%) | 48 (32.9%) | Reference | 53 (25.2%) | 11 (34.4%) | Reference |
65–79 | 26 (27.1%) | 44 (30.1%) | 1.59 (0.84–2.99) | 97 (46.2%) | 11 (34.4%) | 0.55 (0.22–1.34) |
≥ 80 | 25 (26.0%) | 54 (37.0%) | 2.03 (1.08–3.78) | 60 (28.6%) | 10 (31.3%) | 0.80 (0.32–2.04) |
Cancer | ||||||
No | 69 (72.6%) | 126 (87.5%) | 91 (43.3%) | 19 (59.4%) | Reference | |
Yes | 26 (27.4%) | 18 (12.5%) | 0.38 (0.19–0.74) | 119 (56.7%) | 13 (40.6%) | 0.52 (0.25–1.12) |
Presence psychiatric disorder | ||||||
No | 61 (63.5%) | 79 (54.1%) | Reference | 197 (93.4%) | 30 (93.8%) | Reference |
Yes | 35 (36.5%) | 67 (45.9%) | 1.48 (0.87–2.51) | 14 (6.6%) | 2 (6.3%) | 0.94 (0.20–4.34) |
Life-expectancy | ||||||
< 1 month | 15 (15.8%) | 7 (4.8%) | Reference | 46 (21.8%) | 4 (12.5%) | Reference |
1–5 months | 10 (10.5%) | 12 (8.2%) | 2.57 (0.75–8.78) | 91 (43.1%) | 10 (31.3%) | 1.26 (0.38–4.25) |
≥ 6 months | 70 (73.7%) | 127 (87.0%) | 3.89 (1.51–9.99) | 74 (35.1%) | 18 (56.3%) | 2.80 (0.89–8.78) |
Communication possible | ||||||
Less than good (reasonable-barely) | 42 (43.8%) | 64 (44.1%) | Reference | 16 (7.6%) | 3 (9.4%) | Reference |
Good | 54 (56.3%) | 81 (55.9%) | 0.98 (0.59–1.66) | 195 (92.4%) | 29 (90.6%) | 0.79 (0.22–2.89) |
Opinions of relatives regarding the request | ||||||
Not supporting (neutral, divided, opposing) | 54 (56.8%) | 94 (64.8%) | Reference | 10 (4.7%) | 4 (12.5%) | Reference |
Supporting | 41 (43.2%) | 51 (35.2%) | 0.72 (0.42–1.21) | 201 (95.3%) | 28 (87.5%) | 0.35 (0.10–1.19) |
Physician characteristics | ||||||
Specialty | ||||||
General practitioner | 42 (43.8%) | 71 (49.3%) | Reference | 151 (73.7%) | 21 (67.7%) | Reference |
Elderly care physician | 18 (18.8%) | 25 (17.4%) | 0.82 (0.40–1.68) | 28 (13.7%) | 5 (16.1%) | 1.28 (0.45–3.69) |
Medical specialist | 12 (12.5%) | 7 (4.9%) | 0.35 (0.13–0.95) | 18 (8.8%) | 3 (9.7%) | 1.20 (0.33–4.42) |
Psychiatrist | 24 (25.0%) | 41 (28.5%) | 1.01 (0.54–1.90) | 8 (3.9%) | 2 (6.5%) | 1.80 (0.36–9.04) |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 40 (42.6%) | 64 (44.1%) | Reference | 104 (49.8%) | 19 (59.4%) | Reference |
Female | 54 (57.4%) | 81 (55.9%) | 0.94 (0.56–1.58) | 105 (50.2%) | 13 (40.6%) | 0.68 (0.32–1.44) |
Age (year) | ||||||
≤ 39 | 20 (20.8%) | 16 (11.0%) | Reference | 49 (23.2%) | 5 (15.6%) | Reference |
40–54 | 54 (56.3%) | 79 (54.1%) | 1.83 (0.87–3.84) | 83 (39.3%) | 19 (59.4%) | 2.24 (0.79–6.39) |
≥55 | 22 (22.9%) | 51 (34.9%) | 2.90 (1.27–6.62) | 79 (37.4%) | 8 (25.0%) | 0.99 (0.31–3.21) |
Number of explicit request received in the last year | ||||||
0 | 40 (41.6%) | 54 (37.0%) | 0.54 (0.26–1.14) | 52 (24.6%) | 10 (31.3%) | 1.41 (0.48–4.19) |
1 | 23 (24.0%) | 34 (23.3%) | 0.59 (0.26–1.34) | 68 (32.2%) | 9 (28.1%) | 0.97 (0.32–2.92) |
2 | 19 (19.8%) | 23 (15.7%) | 0.48 (0.20–1.15) | 47 (22.3%) | 7 (21.9%) | 1.09 (0.34–3.50) |
≥ 3 | 14 (14.6%) | 35 (24.0%) | Reference | 44 (20.9%) | 6 (18.8%) | Reference |