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. 2017 Nov 17;17:772. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3768-5

Table 4.

Results of the mixed logistic regression predicting for which cases more than one option was recommended (N = 185 cases in 28 sessions)

Predictor Full model Stepwise model
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Dermatological vs. gyn. MDTM 0.95 0.01 to 93.97 .981
Gastrointestinal vs. gyn. MDTM 288.58 0.28 to >999.00 .109 7.36 1.38 to 39.35 .020**
Head and neck cancer vs. gyn. MDTM 1.94 0.17 to 22.07 .593
Liver and biliary tract vs. gyn. MDTM 1.99 0.20 to 19.57 .552
Lymphoma and myeloma vs. gyn. MDTM 4.85 0.17 to 135.52 .351
Neuro-oncological vs. gyn. MDTM 2.81 0.12 to 68.75 .524 5.39 1.24 to 23.45 .025**
Non-entity-specific oncological vs. gyn. MDTM 5.45 0.08 to 386.63 .433
Non-entity-specific surgical vs. gyn. MDTM 14.44 0.29 to 730.38 .181
Thorax vs. gyn. MDTM 1.28 0.00 to >999.00 .944
Uro-oncological vs. gyn. MDTM 21.27 0.31 to >999.00 .154
Number of attending professionals (1 person increase) 0.90 0.71 to 1.13 .352
Duration of session (10 min increase) 0.82 0.36 to 1.84 .630
Number of cases discussed in this session (1 case increase) 1.20 0.82 to 1.76 .347
Quality of case historya 0.64 0.02 to 26.76 .813
Quality of radiological informationa 0.74 0.39 to 1.41 .359
Quality of information on comorbiditiesa 1.12 0.79 to 1.59 .532
Presentation of whether case was palliative (dichotomous variable) 0.52 0.11 to 2.42 .399
Quality of psychosocial informationa 0.95 0.57 to 1.60 .836
Quality of information on the patient’s views and preferencesa 1.10 0.72 to 1.69 .661
Number of active participants in the discussion of each individual case (1 person increase) 0.89 0.60 to 1.33 .571
Quality of chair behaviora 1.24 0.68 to 2.26 .704
Quality of team behaviora 1.32 0.58 to 3.01 .508
Medical and treatment uncertainty during case discussiona 2.12 1.39 to 3.23 .001** 2.16 1.48 to 3.14 <.001**
Duration of case discussion (1 min increase) 1.13 0.94 to 1.43 .203

OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, gyn gynecological

Bold typesetting of OR indicates statistical significance

*Indicates p < .10

**Indicates p < .05

aIndicates 1 step increase