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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Oct 3;20(11):1467–1469. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.08.005

Table 1.

Characteristics Associated With Reporting ACP Engagement After Watching Video

Respondent Characteristics Prompted Thinking Differently About Medical Choices Prompted a Conversation With Health Care Providers About Medical Care Choices Prompted Completing or Making Changes to Advance Directive
Patient Proxy Patient Proxy Patient Proxy
NH system
 1 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 2 1.25 (0.65, 2.37) 3.71*** (1.76, 7.84) 1.43 (0.71, 2.87) 4.83*** (2.20, 10.58) 1.01 (0.55, 1.85) 1.81 (0.93, 3.49)
Patient health
 Excellent 1.62 (0.50, 5.22) 6.45* (1.39, 30.01) 1.77 (0.54, 5.75) 7.48** (1.80, 31.12) 0.93 (0.30, 2.86) 2.84 (0.80, 10.11)
 Very good 1.18 (0.50, 2.76) 0.92 (0.31, 2.67) 0.92 (0.37, 2.33) 1.54 (0.51, 4.66) 0.85 (0.38, 1.88) 1.27 (0.47, 3.45)
 Good 0.78 (0.33, 1.83) 0.75 (0.31, 1.85) 0.52 (0.20, 1.32) 1.11 (0.43, 2.89) 0.82 (0.38, 1.77) 1.09 (0.48, 2.51)
 Fair Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Poor 2.73 (0.70, 10.64) 1.26 (0.31, 5.18) 2.29 (0.56, 9.41) 0.87 (0.18, 4.32) 1.77 (0.45, 7.03) 0.95 (0.24, 3.77)
NH length of stay
 <12 wk Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 ≥12 wk 1.38 (0.72, 2.66) 1.70 (0.81, 3.58) 1.36 (0.66, 2.78) 0.91 (0.43, 1.92) 0.78 (0.43, 1.41) 1.20 (0.62, 2.34)
Type of video
 Goals of care Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Advance illness 1.19 (0.49, 2.87) 1.82 (0.81, 4.06) 0.59 (0.19, 1.87) 1.89 (0.82, 4.37) 0.56 (0.22, 1.41) 1.33 (0.64, 2.75)
 Healthy adult 3.36** (1.53, 7.39) 1.79 (0.64, 4.99) 2.68* (1.16, 6.17) 1.74 (0.59, 5.13) 2.59* (1.21, 5.55) 2.15 (0.82, 5.66)
 Don’t remember 0.51 (0.06, 4.47) 0.31 (0.05, 1.92) 1.11 (0.12, 10.22) 0.71 (0.10, 4.89) 0.22 (0.03, 1.86) 0.31 (0.06, 1.69)
Constant 0.23 (0.11, 0.51) 0.23 (0.11, 0.51) 0.20 (0.09, 0.45) 0.19 (0.09, 0.45) 0.69 (0.35, 1.37) 0.69 (0.35, 1.37)
n 216 162 220 164 222 164

Values are AOR (95% CI), which are presented in comparison to reference groups (Ref). The Advance Illness video group includes 3 videos: (1) “Goals of Care for Patients With Advance Dementia,” (2) “Decisions About Hospitalization,” and (3) “Decisions About Hospice.” Each column represents results from 1 multivariable regression.

*

P < .05;

**

P < .01;

***

P < .001.