Table 3.

Select key interventions correlating with increased time from final active treatment until death, multivariate analysis.

Intervention	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P-value
Interpersonal relationships
Discussing interpersonal relationships with the psychologist	2.28	1.94-2.68	<.001
Medical system
Discussing dealing with the medical system and treatment with the spiritual caregiver	1.54	1.42-1.66	<.001
More time from first visit with patient until death	1.02	1.01-1.02	<.001
More time from diagnosis to death	0.99	0.99-1.00	<.001
Slower disease progression	1.02	1.01-1.03	<.001
Significant spiritual care visits
# Spiritual care visits with family making a clear subjective contribution	1.30	1.25-1.35	<.001
More time from first visit with family until death	1.64	1.43-1.87	<.001
Slower disease progression	1.17	1.14-1.19	<.001
More time from first visit with patient until death	0.60	0.53-0.69	<.001
Greater patient age	0.99	0.98-0.99	<.001
More time from diagnosis to death	1.01	1.01-1.02	<.001
Social work visits
# Social work visits with family	1.02	1.02-1.03	<.001
Departmental affiliation	0.89	0.87-0.91	<.001
Slower disease progression	1.06	1.05-1.07	<.001
More time from first visit with family until death	1.01	1.01-1.02	<.001
Greater patient age	1.01	1.00-1.01	<.001
More time from diagnosis to death	0.996	0.995-0.997	<.001
Spiritual care visits
# Spiritual care visits with family	1.09	1.07-1.11	<.001
More time from first visit with family until death	1.16	1.13-1.20	<.001
More time from first visit with patients until death	0.83	0.80-0.87	<.001
Slower disease progression	1.13	1.11-1.15	<.001
Greater patient age	0.99	0.99-1.00	<.001
Palliative care conversation
Palliative care conversation with physician > 1 month before death	1.70	1.60-1.81	<.001
Slower disease progression	1.04	1.03-1.05	<.001
More time from diagnosis to death	1.001	1.000-1.003	.03

Variables adjusted for: time from first visit until death, pace of disease progression, time from diagnosis to death, and age.