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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 May 29;35(12):1490–1497. doi: 10.1177/1049909118778865

Table 3.

Univariate Association of the Risk of Hereditary Cancer and Patients’ Attitude Toward Considering Having a Cancer Preventive Measure and/or Implication of Family History of Cancer During PC.

Hereditary Cancer
Risk (Counts)
 ORs of High
Genetic Risk
Not p
Patient Perceptions High High Total ORs (95% CI)a Valuea
Cancer prevention .474
 measurersb
 No/not sure 11 7 18 1 (reference)
 Yes 40 17 57 0.66 (0.22–2.01)
Implication of family historyc .185
 No/not sure 15 11 26 1 (reference)
 Yes 35 13 48 0.51 (0.18–1.38)

Abbreviations: PC, palliative care; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

Odds ratio, 95% confidence interval, and P value obtained using simple logistic regression.

b

Cancer prevention measures are based on the question, “If cancer prevention measures, like smoking cessation, could be offered to relatives whom it might help, would you want this done as part of palliative care services? Yes; no; not sure.”

c

Implication of family history is based on the question, “Do you think that the palliative care setting is the right place to consider the implications of a family history of cancer? Yes; no.”