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. 2010 Jun 10;182(7):905–909. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201002-0262OC

TABLE 3.

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS PREDICTING DISCORDANCE BETWEEN SURROGATES' PROGNOSTIC ESTIMATE AND SURROGATES' UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICIAN'S PROGNOSTIC ESTIMATE (N = 120)

Characteristics Coefficient P Value 95% Confidence Interval
Relationship to patient
 Spouse/partner 1 (Reference)
 Child −4.5 0.18 −11.1 to 2.1
 Other 2.7 0.39 −3.6 to 9.1
Religiosity 1.6 0.24 −1.1 to 4.2
Trust in patient's physician −0.85 0.04 −1.7 to −0.04
Receiving prognostic information in numbers −9.2 0.001 −14.5 to −3.8