Table 5.

Associations Between Having Discussed Spiritual Concerns with Someone in the Hospital and Highly Rating the Care Received, Stratified by Whether or Not a Discussion Was Wanted

	Extremely satisfied with doctors’ care		Always had confidence and trust in doctors		Coordination & teamwork among doctors and nurses was excellent		Would rate overall care received at hospital as excellent
		Multivariate*	%	Multivariate*	%	Multivariate*	%	Multivariate*
	%	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Wanted discussion
Not discussed (312)	63†	1.0 (Referent)	77†	1.0 (Referent)	55†	1.0 (Referent)	59†	1.0 (Referent)
Discussed (570)	71	1.4 (1.1–2.0)†	84	1.7 (1.2–2.5)†	72	2.2 (1.6–3.0)†	69	1.6 (1.2–2.2)
Did not want discussion
Not Discussed (1,298)	63†	1.0 (Referent)	78†	1.0 (Referent)	57†	1.0 (Referent)	60†	1.0 (Referent)
Discussed (558)	77	1.9 (1.5–2.4)†	86	1.7 (1.3–2.2)	67	1.5 (1.2–1.9)†	72	1.7 (1.4–2.1)†

Table presents only those patient characteristics that were significantly associated (at p < 0.05) in univariate analysis

N counts vary because of partial non-response

*Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) from multivariate logistic regression, after adjustment for age, marital status, education level, self-rated health score, and severity of pain

†p < 0.05