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

Table 5. 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 outcomes 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% 3.26 (0.96,11.1) 0.059 1.78 (0.6,5.32) 0.301
Psychological Distress 137(35) 25.55% 41(12) 29.27% 78(17) 21.79% 18(6) 33.33% 1.03 (0.26,4.02) 0.964 0.57 (0.18,1.83) 0.345
Not at Peace 173(45) 26.01% 48(8) 16.67% 99(26) 26.26% 26(11) 42.31% 0.41 (0.12,1.38) 0.150 0.56 (0.22,1.45) 0.234
Worst Possible Death 190(67) 35.26% 56(24) 42.86% 104(37) 35.58% 30(6) 20.00% 0.32 (0.1,1.02) 0.054 0.42 (0.15,1.17) 0.097
Suffering 199(91) 45.73% 58(21) 36.21% 110(51) 46.36% 31(19) 61.29% 0.34 (0.12,0.96) 0.041 0.53 (0.23,4.35) 0.142
Loss of Dignity 194(81) 41.75% 55(15) 27.27% 108(48) 44.44% 31(18) 58.06% 0.33 (0.12,0.94) 0.038 0.66 (0.29,1.54) 0.340

Notes: AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio; Associations of DNR status with patient symptoms are adjusted for age, gender, CCI, length of ICU stay, and number of procedures taken among dialysis, mechanical ventilation, feeding tube, cardiac resuscitation, and withdraw life support.