Table 3.
Importance of patient’s wishes, stratified by physicians’ religious characteristics
| Weight given to patient’s expressed wishes and values |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest possible weight |
Highest relative weight |
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| Bivariate |
Multivariate* |
Bivariate |
Multivariate* |
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| Characteristic (n) | % | P(χ2) | OR (95% CI) | % | P(χ2) | OR (95% CI) |
| Religious affiliation | ||||||
| No religion (50) | 66 | 0.357 | 1.0 referent | 47 | 0.776 | 1.0 referent |
| Hindu (91) | 66 | 0.9 (0.4 to 2.4) | 49 | 1.0 (0.4 to 2.6) | ||
| Muslim (75) | 62 | 0.8 (0.3 to 2.3) | 41 | 0.9 (0.3 to 2.3) | ||
| Catholic/Orthodox (93) | 52 | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.4) | 40 | 0.9 (0.4 to 2.0) | ||
| Protestant, evangelical (26) | 44 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.4) | 34 | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.8) | ||
| Protestant, not evangelical (70) | 55 | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.7) | 35 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.1) | ||
| Other religion (35) | 47 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.3) | 37 | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.7) | ||
| Intrinsic religious motivation | ||||||
| Low (153) | 67 | 0.007 | 1.0 referent | 56 | 0.000 | 1.0 referent |
| Medium (118) | 53 | 0.5 (0.3 to 1.04) | 34 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)† | ||
| High (167) | 47 | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)† | 31 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)† | ||
| Attend religious services | ||||||
| Never (53) | 61 | 0.310 | 1.0 referent | 44 | 0.451 | 1.0 referent |
| Once a month or less (240) | 58 | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.8) | 43 | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.8) | ||
| Twice a month or more (145) | 50 | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.5) | 36 | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.4) | ||
| Religious/spiritual | ||||||
| Neither (93) | 63 | 0.039 | 1.0 referent | 52 | 0.014 | 1.0 referent |
| Spiritual not religious (100) | 63 | 1.4 (0.6 to 2.9) | 45 | 0.9 (0.4 to 1.9) | ||
| Religious (244) | 49 | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.1) | 33 | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.9)† | ||
Table presents population estimates adjusted for survey design.
*
Multivariate analyses include sex, age, region, immigration history, and specialty.
†
p<0.05.