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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Dec 14;55(4):1105–1112. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.12.473

Table 3.

Factors Associated With Higher Proxy Peaceful Acceptance Scores (N = 62)a

Unadjusted Analysis
Adjusted Analysis
Characteristic P-value Beta Coefficient (95% CI) P-value Beta Coefficient (95% CI)
Greater patient age 0.013 0.09 (0.02, 0.17) 0.146 0.06 (−0.02, 0.14)
Proxy is child of patient 0.044 1.13 (0.04, 2.59) 0.435 0.53 (−0.82, 1.88)
Greater proxy confidence in being able to make medical decisions for the patient 0.012 1.45 (0.33, 2.56) 0.271 0.61 (−0.49, 1.72)
Proxy has discussed preferences for levels of care with patient <0.001 2.67 (1.33, 4.01) 0.004 2.18 (0.72, 3.64)
Proxy believes patient has discussed levels of care with their doctor 0.093 1.06 (−0.18, 2.30) 0.906 0.07 (−1.12, 1.26)
a

Peace, Equanimity, and Acceptance in the Cancer Experience Scale, Acceptance of Illness subscale, range 5–20, higher scores indicate greater acceptance.