Table 3.

Determinants of the Prioritization of Dyspnea Relief Over Communication Capacity: Univariate Analyses

Variables	In a scenario of continuous moderate dyspnea			In a scenario of continuous severe/overwhelming dyspnea
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Baseline characteristics
Patients
Patient's gender (male [Ref.] vs. female)	0.919	0.611–1.382	0.686	0.819	0.483–1.388	0.458
Patient's age	1.013	0.996–1.030	0.133	1.000	0.978–1.022	0.999
Primary cancer sites
Esophagus, stomach, colon, and rectum (Ref.)
Lung	1.084	0.595–1.975	0.792	1.259	0.597–2.657	0.545
Liver, gall bladder, and pancreas	1.112	0.582–2.124	0.748	1.521	0.639–3.622	0.343
Kidney, prostate, and bladder	1.071	0.415–2.766	0.887	1.193	0.351–4.050	0.777
Uterus and ovary	0.918	0.269–3.141	0.892	0.522	0.136–1.998	0.343
Breast	0.918	0.365–2.314	0.857	1.417	0.424–4.735	0.572
Head and neck	0.723	0.286–1.830	0.494	0.767	0.275–2.143	0.613
Blood and lymph nodes (leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma)	1.800	0.526–6.156	0.349	2.088	0.240–18.178	0.505
Other	1.029	0.466–2.271	0.944	1.253	0.411–3.822	0.692
Family-perceived dyspnea intensity in the last week of life	0.968	0.771–1.216	0.782	0.885	0.679–1.153	0.366
Families
Family's age	0.995	0.978–1.012	0.589	0.988	0.966–1.011	0.299
Family's gender (male [Ref.] vs. female)	0.752	0.492–1.148	0.187	1.286	0.748–2.210	0.363
Relationship with the patient (spouse [Ref.] vs. other)	1.432	0.937–2.190	0.097	1.197	0.701–2.044	0.509
Education (≤ high school [Ref.] vs. university/graduate school)	0.932	0.616–1.409	0.737	0.961	0.566–1.633	0.883
Perceived social support	0.972	0.769–1.228	0.811	0.783	0.568–1.081	0.138
Religion (no vs. yes)	0.989	0.646–1.513	0.959	0.961	0.559–1.653	0.886
Perceptions about a good death
Being free from physical distress	1.294	1.005–1.666	0.046	1.883	1.381–2.567	<0.001
Being able to say what I wanted to dear people	0.838	0.705–0.997	0.046	0.779	0.612–0.990	0.042
Being mentally aware	0.867	0.742–1.014	0.075	0.686	0.557–0.846	<0.001

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; Ref., reference.