Independent variables | Domain of wishes | ||||||
Any wishes (n=1252) | Medical needs (n=1267) | Spiritual and religious needs (n=1257) | Privacy and peace (n=1257) | Dying with dignity (n=1261) | Place of death (n=1270) | Pain relief (n=1262) | |
Sex (ref: female) | |||||||
Male | 0.52*** (0.39 to 0.71) | 0.54** (0.34 to 0.85) | 0.52** (0.34 to 0.77) | 0.47** (0.27 to 0.80) | 0.43*** (0.30 to 0.61) | 0.45*** (0.29 to 0.70) | 0.38*** (0.22 to 0.64) |
Age (ref: 65≤) | |||||||
18–24 | 0.21** (0.09 to 0.47) | – | 0.30* (0.10 to 0.94) | – | 0.10*** (0.03 to 0.31) | – | 0.76 (0.25 to 2.26) |
25–34 | 0.47** (0.27 to 0.82) | – | 0.42* (0.21 to 0.87) | – | 0.28*** (0.14 to 0.57) | – | 0.41 (0.16 to 1.04) |
35–44 | 0.52** (0.32 to 0.85) | – | 0.67 (0.35 to 1.28) | – | 0.45*** (0.26 to 0.77) | – | 0.71 (0.33 to 1.54) |
45–54 | 0.57* (0.35 to 0.91) | – | 0.93 (0.50 to 1.70) | – | 0.46** (0.27 to 0.80) | – | 0.57 (0.27 to 1.23) |
55–64 | 0.97 (0.62 to 1.50) | – | 1.14 (0.61 to 2.16) | – | 0.83 (0.50 to 1.37) | – | 1.51 (0.76 to 2.99) |
Country of birth (ref: outside the UK) | |||||||
Born in the UK | 0.60* (0.36 to 0.99) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Country of residence (ref: England) | |||||||
Scotland | 1.37 (0.83 to 2.26) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Wales | 1.30 (0.71 to 2.40) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Community environment (ref: big city/suburbs or outskirts of a big city) | |||||||
Small city or town | 1.18 (0.85 to 1.65) | 1.49 (0.91 to 2.44) | – | – | – | – | 0.59 (0.35 to 1.00) |
Village, farm or country home | 1.27 (0.87 to 1.84) | 1.71 (0.99 to 3.04) | – | – | – | – | 0.89 (0.50 to 1.57) |
Housing tenure (ref: rents/part-owns their residence) | |||||||
Owns their residence | 0.55*** (0.39 to 0.78) | – | 0.46*** (0.29 to 0.72) | 0.61 (0.35 to 1.07) | 0.70 (0.45 to 1.07) | – | – |
Cohabitation (ref: alone) | |||||||
Living with at least one other person | 1.02 (0.71 to 1.46) | – | – | 0.88 (0.50 to 1.55) | – | – | 0.52** (0.31 to 0.85) |
Education (ref: university qualification) | |||||||
No qualifications | 0.83 (0.49 to 1.40) | 0.43* (0.20 to 0.91) | 0.44* (0.29 to 0.72) | 1.95 (0.89 to 4.28) | 0.72 (0.41 to 1.25) | 2.18* (1.15 to 4.16) | 1.11 (0.50 to 2.46) |
Secondary school qualification | 0.77 (0.49 to 1.20) | 0.51* (0.28 to 0.92) | 0.51* (0.28 to 0.90) | 1.10 (0.52 to 2.29) | 0.76 (0.46 to 1.25) | 1.17 (0.66 to 2.07) | 0.70 (0.38 to 1.32) |
Postsecondary qualification | 0.94 (0.63 to 1.40) | 0.54* (0.31 to 0.92) | 0.69 (0.41 to 1.15) | 1.52 (0.78 to 2.96) | 1.00 (0.63 to 1.59) | 1.00 (0.60 to 1.67) | 0.90 (0.48 to 1.67) |
Household income per month (ref: £3701≤) | |||||||
£1200≥ | 1.02 (0.61 to 1.71) | 0.89 (0.44 to 1.78) | 1.08 (0.56 to 2.08) | 0.51 (0.21 to 1.26) | 0.93 (0.52 to 1.68) | 0.69 (0.36 to 1.30) | 0.39* (0.18 to 0.88) |
£1201–2200 | 1.19 (0.77 to 1.82) | 1.07 (0.57 to 2.00) | 0.72 (0.38 to 1.37) | 0.81 (0.41 to 1.57) | 1.11 (0.67 to 1.84) | 0.77 (0.45 to 1.33) | 0.76 (0.39 to 1.45) |
£2201–3700 | 1.02 (0.68 to 1.52) | 1.21 (0.71 to 2.06) | 1.11 (0.64 to 1.92) | 0.68 (0.34 to 1.35) | 0.86 (0.52 to 1.40) | 0.96 (0.58 to 1.58) | 0.93 (0.52 to 1.67) |
Experience working in health or social care (ref: has experience) | |||||||
No experience | 0.59* (0.42 to 0.90) | 0.54* (0.32 to 0.91) | 0.45** (0.27 to 0.75) | 0.53* (0.29 to 0.97) | 0.60* (0.39 to 0.93) | 0.46*** (0.29 to 0.73) | 0.46* (0.26 to 0.83) |
Living with a chronic condition or disability (ref: has a chronic condition/disability) | |||||||
No chronic condition/disability | 0.62** (0.44 to 0.86) | 0.65 (0.40 to 1.04) | – | – | 0.65* (0.45 to 0.93) | – | – |
Religious beliefs (ref: has religious beliefs) | |||||||
No religious beliefs | 0.89 (0.66 to 1.18) | – | 0.53** (0.35 to 0.81) | 0.89 (0.55 to 1.43) | – | – | – |
Death of a close person in the last 5 years (ref: yes) | |||||||
No | 0.61** (0.45 to 0.83) | 0.68 (0.44 to 1.05) | 0.47*** (0.31 to 0.73) | 0.68 (0.41 to 1.12) | – | 0.68 (0.44 to 1.04) | 0.65 (0.40 to 1.05) |
Comfort talking about death (ref: comfortable) | |||||||
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable | 0.42*** (0.28 to 0.83) | – | 0.20*** (0.09 to 0.44) | 0.44* (0.21 to 0.91) | 0.46** (0.27 to 0.79) | 0.24*** (0.11 to 0.49) | 0.32** (0.14 to 0.74) |
Uncomfortable | 0.42*** (0.25 to 0.70) | – | 0.25** (0.09 to 0.68) | 0.70 (0.27 to 1.83) | 0.18*** (0.07 to 0.45) | 0.29* (0.11 to 0.75) | 0.64 (0.28 to 1.47) |
Preferred information source for end-of-life care (ref: general practitioner/doctor) | |||||||
Friends or family | 1.24 (0.88 to 1.76) | 0.88 (0.52 to 1.49) | 1.48 (0.91 to 2.40) | 1.38 (0.78 to 2.43) | 1.13 (0.76 to 1.69) | 0.97 (0.62 to 1.54) | 0.86 (0.48 to 1.53) |
Other source | 1.23 (0.89 to 1.72) | 1.09 (0.68 to 1.75) | 1.18 (0.74 to 1.90) | 0.98 (0.55 to 1.76) | 0.97 (0.66 to 1.44) | 0.97 (0.62 to 1.52) | 0.86 (0.51 to 1.44) |
Table presents adjusted ORs with 95% CIs.
Significance: *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.00.
–, not included in statistical model due to effect on Akaike Information Criterion; Ref, reference group.