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. 2020 Feb 18;15(2):e0227971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227971

Table 4. Patient quality of life, suffering and their associations with patients’ DNR order status (adjusted for different variables).

        DNR Order Status            
  Full Sample Early DNR Late DNR No DNR Early vs No Late vs No
Quality of Death N (n) % N (n) %  N (n) %  N (n) % AOR CI p AOR CI p
Physical Distress 183(53) 28.96% 57(22) 38.60% 98(26) 26.53% 28(5) 17.86% 2.65 (0.82,8.51) 0.103 1.61 (0.55,4.74) 0.386
Psychological Distress 137(35) 25.55% 41(12) 29.27% 78(17) 21.79% 18(6) 33.33% 0.79 (0.22,2.89) 0.727 0.51 (0.16,1.62) 0.255
Not at Peace 173(45) 26.01% 48(8) 16.67% 99(26) 26.26% 26(11) 42.31% 0.30 (0.09,0.94) 0.038 0.47 (0.19,1.2) 0.115
Worst Possible Death 190(67) 35.26% 56(24) 42.86% 104(37) 35.58% 30(6) 20.00% 0.31 (0.1,0.94) 0.039 0.42 (0.15,1.14) 0.090
Suffering 199(91) 45.73% 58(21) 36.21% 110(51) 46.36% 31(19) 61.29% 0.38 (0.14,0.99) 0.048 0.55 (0.24,1.28) 0.165
Loss of Dignity 194(81) 41.75% 55(15) 27.27% 108(48) 44.44% 31(18) 58.06% 0.26 (0.09,0.7) 0.008 0.59 (0.26,1.35) 0.212

Notes: AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio; Associations of DNR status with patient symptoms are adjusted for age, gender, CCI, length of ICU stay.