Table 2.
Patient and care characteristics related to care for people who died during the Corona crisis being sufficient (n = 761).a
| Sufficient medical careb |
Sufficient nursing careb |
Sufficient personal careb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row-% | OR |
OR |
Row-% | OR |
OR |
Row-% | OR |
OR |
|
| Univariate | Multivariable | Univariate | Multivariable | Univariate | Multivariable | ||||
| Total | 87.4 | 86.2 | 88.1 | ||||||
| Patient characteristics | |||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male (n = 382) | 88.1 | 1.00 | 86.9 | 1.00 | 88.2 | 1.00 | |||
| Female (n = 375) | 87.1 | 0.93 (0.60–1.44) | 86.0 | 0.93 (0.61–1.42) | 88.2 | 1.01 (0.65–1.57) | |||
| Age | |||||||||
| ⩽65 years (n = 144) | 89.6 | 1.00 | 85.4 | 1.00 | 84.0 | 1.00 | |||
| 66–75 years (n = 161) | 87.0 | 0.788 (0.39–1.61) | 89.4 | 1.43 (0.72–2.84) | 90.1 | 1.70 (0.86–3.37) | |||
| 76–85 years (n = 261) | 89.6 | 1.01 (0.52–1.96) | 85.8 | 1.04 (0.58–1.86) | 88.1 | 1.42 (0.79–2.55) | |||
| >85 years (n = 185) | 84.2 | 0.62 (0.32–1.20) | 85.3 | 1.01 (0.54–1.87) | 89.1 | 1.58 (0.83–3.02) | |||
| COVID-19 | |||||||||
| (Probably) not (n = 327) | 89.3 | 1,00 | 88.6 | 1.00 | 91.1 | 1.00 | |||
| (Probably) yes (n = 427) | 86.4 | 0.70 (0.45–1.11) | 84.7 | 0.73 (0.47–1.13) | 85.7 | 0.59 (0.37–0.95) | 0.67 (0.39–1.14) | ||
| Serious (chronic) illness | |||||||||
| No (n = 78) | 78.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 80.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 80.8 | 1.00 | |
| Yes (n = 679) | 88.6 | 2.12 (1.17–3.83) | 2.17 (1.16–4.05) | 87.1 | 1.69 (0.91–3.11) | 1.85 (0.98–3.50) | 88.9 | 1.98 (1.07–3.66) | 1.92 (1.00–3.69) |
| Care characteristics | |||||||||
| Setting | |||||||||
| Home (n = 163) | 88.9 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 85.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 87.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Hospital (n = 249) | 87.1 | 0.84 (0.45–1.58) | 0.95 (0.50–1.81) | 88.4 | 1.41 (0.78–2.53) | 1.54 (0.85–2.81) | 88.8 | 1.18 (0.64–3.29) | 1.61 (0.81–3.19) |
| Nursing home (n = 192) | 81.2 | 0.53 (0.28–0.98) | 0.52 (0.28–0.98) | 81.2 | 0.81 (0.46–1.44) | 0.81 (0.46–1.44) | 83.8 | 0.79 (0.43–1.45) | 0.90 (0.47–1.71) |
| Hospice (n = 89) | 96.6 | 4.20 (1.17–15.0) | 4.12 (1.15–14.7) | 96.6 | 5.24 (1.51–18.2) | 5.16 (1.48–17.9) | 96.6 | 4.34 (1.23–15.3) | 3.99 (1.12–14.2) |
| Other (n = 68) | 92.6 | 1.67 (0.58–4.78) | 1.70 (0.59–4.90) | 85.3 | 1.09 (0.48–2.45) | 1.11 (0.49–2.51) | 88.2 | 1.15 (0.47–2.79) | 1.39 (0.55–3.47) |
| At a Covid ward or institution | |||||||||
| No (n = 486) | 87.2 | 1.00 | 86.3 | 1.00 | 87.6 | 1.00 | |||
| Yes (n = 275) | 88.4 | 1.09 (0.69–1.71) | 86.9 | 1.04 (0.67–1.61) | 89.1 | 1.15 (0.72–1.83) | |||
Bold values indicate Odds Ratio’s that significantly differ from 1.0.
a
Missing observations: medical care 2, nursing care and personal care 3, respondent. Gender and serious illness 4, COVID-19 7, age 10, restlessness 17, pain 18, shortness of breath 21.
b
Care is considered sufficient when the respondent indicated to agree or strongly agree with a statement that it was sufficient.