Table 2.
Association of sociodemographic characteristics and morbidities with the requirement of palliative care.
| Characteristics | Categories | Requires Palliative Care n (%) n = 88 |
Does not require palliative care n (%) n = 1953 |
Total n=2041 | Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
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| Unadjusted OR (95%CI) | p-value | Adjusted OR (95%CI) | p-value | |||||
| Age in years | ≤45 | 20 (22.7) | 1275 (65.3) | 453 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 46–59 | 11 (12.5) | 334 (17.1) | 1187 | 2.10 (0.10–4.43) | 0.05 | 0.52 (0.20–1.32) | 0.17 | |
| ≥60 | 57 (64.8) | 344(17.6) | 401 | 10.56 (6.26–17.82) | <0.001 | 0.62 (0.27–1.42) | 0.26 | |
| Gender | Male | 37 (42) | 953 (48.8) | 990 | 1 | |||
| Female | 51 (58) | 1000 (51.2) | 1051 | 1.31 (0.85–2.02) | 0.22 | |||
| Marital status | Married | 47 (53.4) | 1059 (54.2) | 1106 | 2.72 (1.43–5.17) | <0.01 | 0.76 (0.23–2.57) | 0.66 |
| Unmarried | 12 (13.6) | 736 (37.7) | 748 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 29 (33) | 158 (8.1) | 187 | 11.26 (5.62–22.54) | <0.001 | 0.41 (0.14–1.19) | 0.10 | |
| Years of education | <5 years | 24 (27.3) | 278 (14.2) | 302 | 2.55 (1.28–5.10) | 0.01 | 0.88 (0.35–2.17) | 0.78 |
| 5–12 years | 51 (57.9) | 1291(66.1) | 1342 | 1.17 (0.63–2.17) | 0.63 | 0.55 (0.25–1.18) | 0.12 | |
| >12 years | 13 (14.8) | 384 (19.7) | 397 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Occupation | Homemaker | 33 (37.5) | 542 (27.8) | 575 | 4.08 (2.05–7.85) | <0.001 | 2.04 (0.91–4.55) | 0.06 |
| Employed | 12 (13.6) | 792 (40.6) | 804 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Unemployed | 38 (43.2) | 129 (6.6) | 167 | 19.44 (9.89–38.19) | <0.001 | 5.93 (2.61–13.49) | <0.001 | |
| Children/students | 5 (5.7) | 495 (25.1) | 495 | 0.67 (0.23–1.92) | 0.46 | 1.26 (0.31–5.19) | 0.75 | |
| Type of family | Joint | 25(28.4) | 515(26.4) | 540 | 1 | |||
| Nuclear | 44(50) | 822(42.1) | 866 | 1.10 (0.67–1.82) | 0.70 | |||
| Three generation | 19(21.6) | 616(31.5) | 635 | 0.64 (0.35–1.17) | 0.14 | |||
| Socioeconomic status | Upper class | 14 (15.9) | 250 (12.8) | 264 | 1 | |||
| Middle class | 63 (71.6) | 1540 (78.9) | 1603 | 0.73 (0.40–1.32) | 0.30 | |||
| Lower class | 11 (12.5) | 163 (8.3) | 174 | 1.21 (0.53–2.72) | 0.65 | |||
| Number of morbidities | 0 | 5 (5.7) | 1565 (80.1) | 1570 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 24 (27.3) | 256 (13.1) | 280 | 29.34 (11.09–77.60) | <0.001 | 33.84 (11.38–100.60) | <0.001 | |
| ≥1 | 59 (67) | 132 (6.8) | 191 | 139.90 (55.19–354.59) | <0.001 |
170.88 (56.13–520.20) <0.001 |
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Bold = Statistically significant.