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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma. 2010 Oct;69(4):956–963. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d8924b

TABLE 6.

Log-Linear Regression Hierarchical Model of the Relationship Between Family Consent to Tissue Donation and Factors Describing the Consent Process (N = 1,418)

Significant Two-Way
Interactions in Model*
Adjusted
OR
95% CI
Topics–consent 17.2 11.6–25.5
Communication quality–consent 12.4 7.7–20.0
Family attitudes–consent 10.0 6.5–15.5
Family’s initial response–consent 7.9 5.1–12.1
Who raised issue–consent 3.9 2.4–6.5
Topics–communication quality 3.7 2.5–5.6
Who raised issue–family’s initial response 3.7 2.3–5.0
Family/patient demographics–consent 3.3 2.0–5.5
Family/patient demographics–family’s initial response 1.9 1.2–3.0
Family attitudes–family’s initial response 1.9 1.3–2.8
Who raised issue–communication quality 1.9 1.2–2.9
Family attitudes–communication quality 1.8 1.2–2.8
Family/patient demographics–family attitudes 1.7 1.1–2.7
*

Factors were examined in relation to each other and the donation decision. Only statistically significant interactions are reported.

Adjusted OR is the odds ratio after controlling for other factors in the model.