Table 2.

Findings from multivariable analysis for factors associated with cancer patients experiencing aggressive care during the last 3 months of life

Variable	OR	95 % CI	AOR	95 % CI
Age in years
<60	1.00	–	–	–
60–69	1.82	1.00–3.32	1.82	0.82–4.03
70–79	1.72	0.97–3.03	1.70	0.78–3.71
80–89	1.14	0.66–1.96	0.98	0.45–2.13
>90	1.53	0.73–3.18	1.44	0.49–4.26
Gender
Female	1.00	–	–	–
Male	1.33	0.98–1.81	1.35	0.84–2.18
Financial status
Living comfortably	1.00	–	–	–
Not living comfortably	1.27	0.94–1.74	1.34	0.88–2.05
Marital status
Married or with partner	1.00	–	–	–
Widowed	1.24	0.86–1.78	1.50	0.85–2.65
Divorced/Separated	1.63	0.91–2.92	1.04	0.48–2.24
Single	1.34	0.77–2.31	1.65	0.70–3.88
Cancer type
Lung	1.00	–	–	–
Breast	0.66	0.35–1.25	0.98	0.38–2.52
Prostate	3.65	1.55–8.58	4.36	1.39–13.70
Gastrointestinal tract	0.88	0.56–1.37	1.35	0.74–2.44
Haematological	3.84	1.70–8.68	4.16	1.38–12.47
Cancer of unknown primary	1.58	0.84–2.96	1.34	0.62–2.92
Other	0.92	0.58–1.45	0.91	0.48–1.74
Self-care at 3 months before death
No problem	1.00	–	–	–
Some problem	0.64	0.45–0.91	0.93	0.53–1.62
Unable to self-care	0.76	0.49–1.19	1.43	0.63–3.22
Activity at 3 months before death
No problem	1.00	–	–	–
Some problem	0.52	0.33–0.80	0.74	0.40–1.39
Unable to walk	0.52	0.33–0.83	0.69	0.31–1.49
Number of GP home visits during the last 3 months of life
None	1.00	–	–	–
1–5	0.38	0.26–0.58	0.59	0.35–1.00
>5	0.20	0.10–0.39	0.37	0.17–0.82
Community palliative care
No	1.00	–	–	–
Yes	0.19	0.13–0.30	0.27	0.15–0.49
District nurse
No	1.00	–	–	–
Yes	0.33	0.23–0.48	0.48	0.28–0.83

Numbers in bold represent statistically significant findings, p < 0.05

OR odds ratio, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval, AOR adjusted odds ratio