Table 3 Factors associated with participants answering that elderly patients would not wish not to receive life-prolonging treatment when the chances of surviving are slim according to stepwise regression analysis
From: Thai medical students’ attitudes regarding what constitutes a “good death”: a multi-center study
Factors | Adjusted OR | (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Female | 1.39 | (1.05,1.84) | 0.02* |
Clinical year of training | 1.92 | (1.40,2.66) | 0.00* |
Experience living with older adult | 1.20 | (0.91,1.59) | 0.19 |
In good health | 1.45 | (1.09,1.95) | 0.01* |
Prior experience of watching someone dying | 1.61 | (1.13,2.31) | 0.008* |
Prior experience of caring for someone at the end of their life (%) | 0.80 | (0.57,1.12) | 0.19 |