Table 5.

Associations between Closeness to Death and Other Medical and Psychosocial Factors among Patients

Dependent Variable	Unadjusted OR (95% CI) or Standardized β Coefficient		p value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)b		p value
Psychotropic Medication Usea	0.96	(0.86 – 1.08)	0.499	1.02	(0.90 – 1.15)	0.783
Physical Symptom Burdenc	−0.31***		< 0.001
Terminal Illness Acknowledgmenta	1.31***	(1.17 – 1.46)	< 0.001	1.25***	(1.12 – 1.40)	< 0.001
Peacefulnessa,d	1.03	(0.93 – 1.15)	0.587	1.04	(0.93 – 1.17)	0.488
Peaceful Awarenessa,e	1.25***	(1.11 – 1.41)	< 0.001	1.21**	(1.06 – 1.37)	0.004
Existential Well-Beingc	0.12*		0.044	0.01		0.928
Wish to Livea,f	0.74**	(0.60 – 0.91)	0.005	0.812	(0.65 – 1.02)	0.069
Wish to Diea,f	1.39***	(1.16 – 1.67)	< 0.001	1.28	(1.05 – 1.55)	0.014
Patient Grief about Illnessa	0.89	(0.76 – 1.04)	0.137	0.94	(0.79 – 1.11)	0.444

Note.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.001.

^aBinary outcomes indicating the presence or absence of variable.

^bLogistic regression analyses adjusted for patients' physical symptom burden.

^cLinear regression analyses.

^dPeacefulness coded as present with frequency rating of experiencing a deep sense of inner peace or harmony on “most days” or more; absent with lower frequency.

^ePeaceful awareness coded as present when both terminal illness acknowledgment and peacefulness present; otherwise coded as absent.

^f“Strong” and “moderate” wish to live/die coded as present; “weak” and “no wish to live/die” coded as absent.