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Published in final edited form as: J Relig Health. 2014 Apr;53(2):498–510. doi: 10.1007/s10943-012-9653-2

Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression results describing factors associated with utilization of chaplain services. (n=918)

	OR	95% CI	p
Patient Characteristics
Age	0.979	(0.964, 0.996)	0.014^*
Race	1.058	(0.891, 1.260)	0.518
Not employed^†	1.100	(0.756, 1.60)	0.6317
Less than high school education^††	0.791	(0.523, 1.198)	0.268
Annual Income^†††
< $10,000	0.757	(0.431, 1.329)	0.332
$10,000 – $20,000	1.007	(0.624, 1.625)	0.978
$20,001 – $40,000	1.101	(0.665, 1.821)	0.709
Social Support^††††
Family and friends	1.029	(0.772, 1.373)	0.841
No one	0.853	(0.432, 1.684)	0.647
Disease Characteristics & Symptoms^δ
Early stage	0.743	(0.559, 0.985)	0.039^*
Fatigue	1.006	(0.985, 1.027)	0.580
Pain	1.017	(0.999, 1.035)	0.054^*
Depression	1.000	(0.984, 1.017)	0.971

Indicates statistical significance.

^†

The referent employment status category is part- or full-time employment.

^††

The referent educational category is completion of high school or greater.

^†††

The referent annual income category is >$40,000.

^††††

The referent social support category is spouse.

^δ

Symptoms are based on PROMIS scores.

Early stage of disease is a dichotomous variable where earlystage=1 if Stage I or II and earlystage=0 if Stage III or IV disease.