Advance directives and end-of-life care: knowledge and preferences of patients with brain Tumours from Anhui, China

Table 4 Binary logistic regression model prediction of preference for making ADs (n = 316)

Independent Predictors	OR	95%CI	p value
Heard of ADs
Yes	4.727	1.626–13.745	0.04*
No (reference group)	1
Current treatment
Surgery	34.5	4.918–242.028	< 0.001*
Radiotherapy	14.223	2.985–67.778	0.001*
Medicine	1.25	0.232–6.739	0.795
Support treatment (reference group)	1
KPS scores
< 50	2.426	0.951–6.190	0.064
60–79	0.954	0.560–1.626	0.862
> 80 (reference group)	1
Age in years
30–49	4.756	1.971–11.476	0.001*
50–69	3.424	2.031–5.773	< 0.001*
70–89 (reference group)	1
Sex
Male	3.224	1.861–5.586	< 0.001*
Female (reference group)	1
Educational qualifications
Junior middle school or less (reference group)	1
Senior high school	0.848	0.428–1.503	0.572
College or beyond	3.905	1.131–13.487	0.031*
Residence
Rural	0.281	0.375–1.330	0.281
Urban (reference group)	1
Children
No children	3.789	1.789–8.028	0.001*
Have children (reference group)	1
Type of medical insurance
New rural cooperative medical insurance (reference group)	1
Medical insurance for nonworking urban residents	2.767	1.171–6.535	0.02*
Medical insurance for working urban residents	11.62	1.528–88.389	0.018*
Who will cover your medical expenses?
Own	2.568	1.511–4.365	< 0.001*
Children or spouse (reference group)	1

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