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. 2018 May;64(5):371–377.

Table 4.

Association between sociodemographic and health status variables and reporting engagement in all 4 advance care planning activities among 810 patients in primary care

VARIABLE UNADJUSTED ODDS RATIO (95% CI) ADJUSTED ODDS RATIO (95% CI) P VALUE*
Age (10-y categories) 1.61 (1.35 to 1.92) 1.55 (1.26 to 1.90) < .001
Sex (female vs male) 0.96 (0.68 to 1.36) 1.04 (0.71 to 1.52) .86
Marital status (married or in a relationship vs other) 0.58 (0.40 to 0.84) 0.67 (0.35 to 1.29) .23
Lives alone (no vs yes) 0.51 (0.34 to 0.75) 0.91 (0.45 to 1.83) .79
Location of residence (urban vs rural) 1.50 (0.82 to 2.72) 1.32 (0.70 to 2.46) .39
Highest education (some or completed postsecondary education vs other) 1.00 (0.70 to 1.42) 1.26 (0.85 to 1.87) .24
Spirituality or religion (very or extremely important vs other) 1.16 (0.82 to 1.65) 1.06 (0.72 to 1.57) .76
Religious group .33
  • Catholic vs Protestant 1.30 (0.79 to 2.13) 1.27 (0.78 to 2.09)
  • None vs Protestant 1.01 (0.63 to 1.61) 1.11 (0.67 to 1.85)
  • Other vs Protestant 1.03 (0.65 to 1.65) 1.64 (0.96 to 2.80)
Ethnicity (white or Caucasian vs other) 1.27 (0.69 to 2.33) 1.21 (0.63 to 2.33) .57
Speak language on a daily basis other than English or French (yes vs no) 0.73 (0.42 to 1.25) 0.64 (0.36 to 1.15) .14
Self-reported health (excellent, very good, or good vs fair or poor) 0.94 (0.66 to 1.33) 1.13 (0.72 to 1.78) .60
Self-reported quality of life (excellent, very good, or good vs fair or poor) 0.77 (0.54 to 1.09) 0.64 (0.40 to 1.01) .06
Frailty index (vulnerable or worse vs other) 1.48 (0.90 to 2.44) 1.48 (0.84 to 2.59) .18
Charlson Comorbidity Index score 1.18 (1.05 to 1.34) 1.09 (0.94 to 1.26) .24
*

P values from the multivariate model.

Continuous variable.