Table 4.

Analyses of the Influence of Ease in Discussing Death (EID) and a Single Sociocultural Variable on VAS Scores in Separate Multiple Linear Regression Models for Moderately Impaired Health State (23321)

Model	VAS Score (Regression coefficient, 95% confidence interval)	p value
(a) EID and Ethnicity
EID	-1.85 (-3.92, 0.21)	0.077
Ethnicity†
Malays	-0.15 (-10.75, 10.45)	0.98
Indians	-10.78 (-21.21, -0.35)	0.043
(b) EID and age
EID	-1.75 (-3.85, 0.35)	0.10
Age per year	0.07 (-0.22, 0.36)	0.63
(c) EID and gender
EID	-1.94 (-4.07, 0.19)	0.073
Female†	2.06 (-6.87, 10.98)	0.65
(d) EID and education
EID	-1.98 (-4.21, 0.24)	0.080
Education per year	0.18 (-1.53, 1.88)	0.84
(e) EID and chronic medical conditions
EID	-1.84 (-3.99, 0.31)	0.092
Presence of chronic medical conditions†	2.02 (-7.00, 11.04)	0.66
(f) EID and work status
EID	-1.90 (-4.03, 0.23)	0.079
Working†	1.30 (-7.83, 10.42)	0.78
(g) EID and healthcare background
EID	-2.11 (-4.27, 0.05)	0.055
With healthcare background†	0.79 (-11.96, 13.54)	0.90
(h) EID and religiosity
EID	-1.94 (-4.02, 0.15)	0.068
Religiosity‡ (per point on 0–10 VAS)	-1.25 (-2.83, 0.33)	0.12

^†Reference categories in multiple linear regression were Chinese, male, absence of chronic medical conditions, not working and without healthcare background.

^‡Self-reported on a 0 to 10 Likert-type scale, where a higher score indicates higher religiosity.