Table 4.

Multivariate Ordinal Regression for CG Preparedness for CR Death (n=216^a), Baseline Data

				95% confidence interval
Variables	Coefficient (SE)		P Value	Lower bound	Upper bound
CG age	0.03	(0.02)	0.080	0.00	0.06
CG is male	−0.21	(0.34)	0.536	−0.88	0.46
CG CES-D Scale score	−0.05	(0.02)	0.010	−0.09	−0.01
ACP indexb	0.27	(0.09)	0.002	0.10	0.45
CG anticipation of CR death in next 6 months	0.58	(0.35)	0.097	0.10	1.25
CR expresses feelings about wanting to die	0.67	(0.34)	0.045	0.02	1.33
CG is African Americanc	−0.70	(0.48)	0.144	−1.65	0.24
CG completed more than high schoold	−0.22	(0.33)	0.519	−0.87	0.44
CG is adult child of CRe	1.80	(0.44)	<0.001	0.94	2.67
CG is not spouse or child of CRe (other relationship)	1.87	(0.51)	<0.001	0.86	2.87
CR ADL difficultiesf	−0.16	(0.08)	0.063	−0.32	0.01

^aOne observation lost due to missing outcome data.

^bACP index is the sum of “yes” responses to six items assessing ACP (range 0–6).

^cReference group is non African American.

^dReference group is high school or less.

^eReference group is spouse CG.

^fNumber of ADLs with which CR has difficulty (range: 0–7).

ACP, advance care planning; ADL, activities of daily living; CES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression; CG, caregiver; CR, care recipient; SE, standard error.