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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul;41(7):1686–1691. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a233d

Table 3.

CPR choice, by experimental condition

Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)

Experimental condition CPR, n (%) Base model + imbalanced covariate* + significant covariates
Overall 141 (56)

Unaroused, or “cold” emotional manipulation 70 (56) Ref Ref Ref
Aroused, or “hot” emotional manipulation 71 (56) 1.03 (0.63-1.70) 0.96 (0.58-1.59) 0.89 (0.53-1.49)

MD does not attend to emotion 75 (59) Ref - Ref
MD attends to emotion 66 (53) 0.78 (0.47-1.28) - 0.77 (0.46-1.30)

MD frames CPR as the norm 81 (64) Ref - Ref
MD frames no CPR as the norm 60 (48) 0.52 (0.32-0.87) - 0.53 (0.32-0.89)

MD frames the CPR decision as the surrogate’s 70 (56) Ref - Ref
MD frames the CPR decision as the patient’s 71 (56) 1.03 (0.63-1.69) - 0.98 (0.58-1.64)

MD frames the alternative to CPR as “DNR” 80 (61) Ref - Ref
MD frames the alternative to CPR as “AND” 61 (49) 0.58 (0.35-0.96) - 0.59 (0.35-0.99)

DNR – do not resuscitate order, AND – allow natural death, Ref – reference

*

Surrogate age imbalanced between the emotion induction (+) and (-) conditions

Adjusted for surrogate’s age, relative’s age, and whether the relative was hospitalized in the last year.