Table 2.

Multivariable Logistic Regression Analyses: Family Members' Characteristics and Family Members' Quality of Communication Scores (General and End-of-Life) as Predictors of Family Members' Decisional Conflict Scores

		Multivariable
Outcome	Covariate	B	SE	p	Exp (B)
Decisional conflict	Quality of general communication	−1.47	0.68	0.030	0.23
	Family member age	−0.35	0.03	0.242	0.97
	Family member gender
	Family member income
	Family member education
	Family member religious values
		R2	0.23
		n	49
Decisional conflict	Quality of end-of-life communication	−0.34	0.14	0.014	0.71
	Family member age	−0.03	0.03	0.286	0.97
	Family member gender
	Family member income
	Family member education
	Family member religious values
		R2	0.29
		n	49

The dependent variable in this analysis is decisional conflict coded so that 0 = “Little to no conflict” and 1 = “Moderate to high conflict. “The healthcare team didn't do this” was coded as a rating of 0. “I don't know” was coded as missing. The subscales: the General Communication Subscale (items 1–6) and the End-of-life Communication Subscale (items 7–13) had response options that ranged from 0 = “poor” to 10 = “absolutely perfect.” The middle of the scale with the value of 5 = “very good.”²⁷