Table 3.
Patient and care characteristics related to emotional and spiritual support and sharing prognosis with patient and relatives in the last 2 days of life of people who died during the Corona crisis being sufficient (n = 761).a
| Sufficient emotional supportb |
Sufficient attention for spiritual needsb |
Informed that patient was likely to die soonb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row-% | OR |
OR |
Row-% | OR |
OR |
Row-% | OR |
OR |
|
| Univariate | Multivariable | Univariate | Multivariable | Univariate | Multivariable | ||||
| Total | 65.8 | 58.9 | 86.7 | ||||||
| Patient characteristics | |||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male (n = 382) | 62.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 58.6 | 1.00 | 85.5 | 1.00 | ||
| Female (n = 375) | 69.3 | 1.33 (0.97–1.81) | 1.27 (0.90–1.79) | 59.1 | 1.03 (0.75–1.41) | 87.9 | 1.28 (0.82–1.99) | ||
| Age | |||||||||
| ⩽65 years (n = 144) | 64.0 | 1.00 | 56.1 | 1.00 | 81.5 | 1.00 | |||
| 66–75 years (n = 161) | 70.7 | 1.35 (0.82–2.23) | 60.6 | 1.22 (0.74–2.01) | 88.4 | 1.67 (0.86–3.27) | |||
| 76–85 years (n = 261) | 64.0 | 0.99 (0.65–1.54) | 60.4 | 1.22 (0.78–1.90) | 87.0 | 1.53 (0.86–2.71) | |||
| >85 years (n = 185) | 64.6 | 1.03 (0.64–1.65) | 57.6 | 1.09 (0.67–1.75) | 89.0 | 1.80 (0.94–3.43) | |||
| COVID-19 | |||||||||
| (Probably) not (n = 327) | 76.7 | 1.00 | 70.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 90.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| (Probably) yes (n = 427) | 57.5 | 0.42 (0.30–0.59) | 0.62 (0.40–0.96) | 50.3 | 0.43 (0.31–0.60) | 0.59 (0.30–1.15) | 83.8 | 0.51 (0.32–0.81) | 0.86 (0.46–1.78) |
| Serious (chronic) illness | |||||||||
| No (n = 78) | 46.4 | 1.00 | 41.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 73.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes (n = 679) | 67.8 | 2.51 (1.52–4.15) | 2.14 (1.23–3.71) | 60.7 | 2.36 (1.37–4.05) | 1.78 (0.99–3.20) | 88.2 | 2.50 (1.38–4.53) | 1.51 (0.76–2.97) |
| Care characteristics | |||||||||
| Setting | |||||||||
| Home (n = 163) | 78.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 70.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 90.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Hospital (n = 249) | 63.1 | 0.46 (0.29–0.74) | 0.67 (0.34–1.32) | 57.2 | 0.56 (0.36–0.89) | 0.59 (0.30–1.15) | 78.2 | 0.37 (0.20–0.70) | 0.38 (0.15–0.94) |
| Nursing home (n = 192) | 48.9 | 0.26 (0.16–0.43) | 0.36 (0.21–0.63) | 47.5 | 0.38 (0.23–0.61) | 0.46 (0.27–0.80) | 90.3 | 0.95 (0.45–2.01) | 0.88 (0.39–2.02) |
| Hospice (n = 89) | 84.7 | 1.45 (0.71–2.97) | 1.38 (0.65–2.94) | 71.3 | 0.99 (0.54–1.83) | 0.79 (0.41–1.59) | 95.3 | 2.51 (0.79–8.00) | 1.68 (0.50–5.63) |
| Other (n = 68) | 66.2 | 0.51 (0.27–0.97) | 0.64 (0.28–1.47) | 51.6 | 0.44 (0.24–0.83) | 0.36 (0.16–0.82) | 85.7 | 0.66 (0.27–1.63) | 0.62 (0.19–2.00) |
| At a Covid ward or institution | |||||||||
| No (n = 486) | 68.6 | 1.00 | 60.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 90.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes (n = 275) | 61.3 | 0.74 (0.54–1.01) | 1.26 (0.72–2.20) | 55.9 | 0.81 (0.59–1.12) | 1.87 (1.04–3.35) | 80.3 | 0.41 (0.26–0.63) | 1.16 (0.53–2.51) |
| Visitors allowed in last 2 days | |||||||||
| Yes, without restrictions (n = 170) | 82.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 72.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 91.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes, with restrictions (n = 472) | 63.1 | 0.36 (0.23–0.56) | 0.46 (0.29–0.75) | 57.6 | 0.51 (0.34–0.77) | 0.67 (0.43–1.03) | 89.4 | 0.81 (0.44–1.49) | 0.94 (0.50–1.79) |
| No (n = 62) | 42.6 | 0.16 (0.08–0.30) | 0.23 (0.12–0.45) | 30.4 | 0.15 (0.08–0.30) | 0.21 (0.10–0.42) | 56.5 | 0.13 (0.06–0.27) | 0.17 (0.08–0.36) |
Bold values indicate Odds Ratio’s that significantly differ from 1.0.
a
Missing observations: emotional support 45, attention for spiritual care 118 (15.6%), told likely to die soon 54, shortness of breath 21, pain 18, restlessness 17, respondent and gender 4, COVID-19 7, age 10, visitors allowed 57 (7.5%).
b
A symptom is considered present when the respondent reported that it was present all of the time or some of the time during the last 2 days of life.