Table 2.

Interventions correlating with reduced aggressive treatments at the EoL, multivariate models.

Intervention	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P-value
Spiritual care
Any spiritual care for the patient	2.02	1.01-4.02	.04
Viewing illness as part of life’s randomness	2.91	1.21-7.00	.02
Slower disease progression (months from enrollment to death)	1.20	1.04-1.40	.02
Inner/transpersonal resources
Discussing inner or transpersonal resources with any professional	2.25	1.11-4.56	.03
Viewing illness as part of life’s randomness	2.44	1.01-5.89	.04
Slower disease progression	1.19	1.02-1.38	.03
Medical system
Discussing dealing with the medical system and treatment	0.20 (reverse impact)	0.05-0.72	.01
Viewing illness as part of life’s randomness	2.93	1.20-7.12	.02
Slower disease progression	1.22	1.05-1.42	.01
Palliative care conversation
Palliative care conversation with physician >1 week before death	4.56	1.86-11.18	.001
Slower disease progression	1.29	1.04-1.60	.02

Variables adjusted for less religiosity, more time from first visit to death, more time from last visit to death, viewing illness as part of life’s randomness, perception of supportive partner or supportive family and friends, general approach to the aggressiveness of care, # of days hospitalized, and slower disease progression.

Abbreviations: End-of-Life, EoL; OR, odds ratio.