Preferences for active and aggressive intervention among patients with advanced cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Correlates of being undecided versus decided regarding each intervention: multivariable logistic regression model results for each intervention.

	Chemo- Therapy N = 380	Anti- biotics N = 380	Anti- coagulants N = 380	Blood transfusion N = 380	Feeding tubes N = 380	Artificial hydration N = 380
Number (%) undecided about intervention	89 (23.4)	56 (14.7)	51 (13.4)	40 (10.5)	15 (3.9)	51 (13.4)
Age
Odds ratio: per 10 yr increase	0.94	1.03	0.84	1.09	1.04	1.01
P-value	0.512	0.784	0.148	0.542	0.865	0.917
Gender
Odds ratio: Male vs. Female	1.31	1.96	1.23	1.61	1.38	2.61
P-value	0.347	0.054	0.563	0.248	0.588	0.011
Race
Odds ratio: Non- vs. Caucasian	0.75	1.77	1.46	1.81	1.67	2.44
P-value	0.462	0.168	0.374	0.214	0.481	0.034
Cancer Diagnosis
Odds ratio:
Lung vs. GI	1.2	0.97	0.97	1.9	1.62	1.04
GU vs. GI	1.29	0.54	0.98	1.38	1.21	1.1
Breast vs. GI	1.1	1.62	0.85	2.07	0	1.72
Hematologic vs. GI	2.23	2.06	0.89	1.8	2.25	2.56
GYN vs. GI	3.26	2.36	1.89	3.16	1.39	2.37
Other vs. GI	1.56	0.65	0.59	0.49	1.49	0.56
P-value	0.395	0.349	0.804	0.218	0.882	0.317
PPSv2
Odds ratio: per 10 unit increase	0.91	1.01	0.77	0.99	1.07	0.83
P-value	0.433	0.964	0.083	0.971	0.801	0.214
CCI
Odds ratio: per unit increase	0.92	0.89	0.9	0.96	0.83	0.9
P-value	0.104	0.066	0.123	0.553	0.073	0.117
Decision maker
Odds ratio:
Pat/SDM vs. Pat	1.09	1.69	1.21	1.7	1.2	1.7
SDM vs. Pat	1.42	1.28	0.5	1.22	2.8	0.82
P-value	0.701	0.445	0.137	0.504	0.498	0.177
Model P-value	0.147	0.291	0.430	0.491	0.688	0.037

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