Table 5.
Predictors of frustration at being unable to provide optimal care to patients with advanced cancer
| Sig. | OR | 95% CI for OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| PC access, no access or referral to external PC service (ref) | .417 | |||
| PC access: time-limited service or consultation | .578 | 1.234 | .589 | 2.586 |
| PC access: PC unit with beds onsite | .709 | .864 | .402 | 1.858 |
| Staff type, nurse | .006 | 2.275 | 1.271 | 4.073 |
| Years experience | .092 | |||
| Years experience, 5 to < 10 years | .660 | 1.187 | .554 | 2.543 |
| Years experience, 10 to < 15 years | .773 | 1.121 | .517 | 2.431 |
| Years experience, 15 to < 20 years | .190 | 1.775 | .753 | 4.183 |
| Years experience, 20 years + | .171 | .607 | .297 | 1.240 |
| ED patient demographic, adult (ref) | .091 | |||
| ED patient demographic, paediatric | .412 | .502 | .097 | 2.605 |
| ED patient demographic, mixed | .064 | 1.648 | .971 | 2.797 |
| Overcrowding in the ED makes it an inappropriate location for patients with advanced cancer | .262 | 1.505 | .737 | 3.073 |
| The ED is too noisy to allow adequate care of patients with advanced cancer | .115 | 1.618 | .890 | 2.941 |
| There is enough time in the ED to adequately assess patients with advanced cancer | .320 | 1.333 | .756 | 2.352 |
| There is no enough time in the ED to adequately care for patients with advanced cancer | .118 | 1.549 | .896 | 2.678 |
| The dying patient should be allocated a space in ED that is private | .009 | 3.165 | 1.336 | 7.500 |
| There is not enough time in the ED to adequately care for patients with advanced cancer | .174 | 1.527 | .829 | 2.811 |
| Access block prevents me from providing optimal care to patients with advanced cancer | .000 | 4.963 | 2.746 | 8.971 |
| The ED is a reasonable fall-back option for patients with advanced cancer | .087 | .648 | .394 | 1.064 |
| Constant | .004 | .111 | ||
Italics represent statistically significant.