Table 3.
Odds of Patient–Family Member Agreement for the Conscious Scenario
| Univariate Model | Multivariate Model * | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Patient characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 1.07 | (1.01-1.14) | 0.03 | 1.05 | (0.98-1.13) | 0.19 |
| AD | ||||||
| No (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | 2.80 | (0.90-8.75) | 0.08 | 2.20 | (0.56-8.64) | 0.26 |
| DCP | ||||||
| Shared (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Independent | 7.92 | (1.89-33.24) | 0.01 | 5.28 | (1.07-26.06) | 0.04 |
| Reliant | 3.17 | (0.26-38.84) | 0.37 | 4.15 | (0.22-78.38) | 0.34 |
| Family member characteristics | ||||||
| Education | ||||||
| HS (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| College | 0.30 | (0.08-1.10) | 0.07 | 0.27 | (0.06-1.25) | 0.09 |
* Adjusted for patient age, presence of an advance directive (AD), decision control preference (DCP), and family member education level (HS = high school). Models which adjusted for family member age, gender, relationship to patient, and prior experience with decision making did not significantly alter the results presented.
^ Blacks, Hispanics, and those who identified themselves as other were grouped as “Non-white” given small numbers. Analysis of these separate groups did not significantly alter results.