Table 6.
ATTITUDE OR EXPERIENCE | FACTOR | LEVEL | N | OR (95% CI) | MODEL P VALUE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Familiar with patient eligibility for hospice care in Calgary | • Type of practice | • Family medicine, general | 56 | Reference* | .017 |
• Family medicine with special interest | 42 | 2.8 (1.2–6.4) | |||
• Subspecialty within family medicine | 5 | 10.0 (1.0–96.5) | |||
• Special interest in palliative medicine | • No | 76 | Reference | < .001 | |
• Yes | 26 | 9.3 (3.3–26.6) | |||
Feels well-informed to discuss hospice referrals with patients | • Special interest in palliative medicine | • No | 76 | Reference | .002 |
• Yes | 26 | 6.4 (2.0–20.5) | |||
Familiar with services provided by the palliative home care program of Alberta Health Services | • Special interest in palliative medicine | • No | 75 | Reference | .003 |
• Yes | 26 | 10.0 (2.2–45.2) | |||
• Previous discussions with patients on hospice care | • No | 13 | Reference | .002 | |
• Yes | 89 | 8.5 (2.2–33.6) | |||
Familiar with the referral process and contact personnel | • Special interest in palliative medicine | • No | 75 | Reference | < .001 |
• Yes | 26 | 6.5 (2.4–17.8) | |||
Deferred discussing hospice referral in the past owing to discomfort | • Special interest in palliative medicine | • No | 75 | 8.5 (1.1–66.9) | .042 |
• Yes | 26 | Reference |
OR—odds ratio.
In logistic regression, one level of the independent variable serves as a reference against which the odds of the other levels occurring are determined. For example, in this instance, the odds of agreeing (as opposed to disagreeing) that the respondent is “familiar with patient eligibility for hospice care in Calgary” are 2.8 greater for those family physicians with a special interest than for those in family medicine general practice.