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