Table 3.
Binary logistic regression for predictors of Life Sustaining Therapy (LST) selection among the severe disability survey participants
Odds Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval | |
---|---|---|
Age groups | ||
60+ | ||
45-59 | 1.16 | 0.60 – 2.22 |
30-44 | 2.07 | 0.70 – 6.11 |
Race | ||
Other | ||
White, non-Hispanic | 0.67 | 0.39 – 1.15 |
Education | ||
Bachelor’s degree or higher | ||
Some college | 1.13 | 0.57 – 2.25 |
High school | 1.23 | 0.58 – 2.20 |
Less than high school | 2.88 | 1.23 – 6.76 |
Household size | 1.10 | 0.91 – 1.33 |
Household internet access | ||
No | 1.75 | 0.94 – 3.25 |
Years in US | 1.00 | 0.96 – 1.03 |
Religion, OR | ||
Not affiliated with religion | ||
Evangelical Protestant | 2.00 | 0.73 – 5.48 |
Catholic | 1.91 | 0.72 – 5.05 |
Other Christian | 1.84 | 0.76 – 4.50 |
Other faith | 1.14 | 0.39 – 3.33 |
Decisional group | ||
Concern re: patient age | ||
Concern re: family agreement | 1.57 | 0.67 – 3.68 |
Concern re: prognostic accuracy | 7.64 | 3.61 – 16.15 |
Concern re: cost of care | 4.07 | 1.80 – 9.18 |
LST = life-sustaining therapy. OR = odds ratio. CI = confidence interval.
All percentages are weighted percentages.
Demographic variables in Table 2 that had p≤0.10 were included in this analysis.