N | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
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Sex | 282 | 1.0000 | |
Female versus Male | 1.000 (0.606–1.650) | ||
Profession of HCPs | 282 | 0.9835 | |
Nurse versus Physician | 1.005 (0.624–1.618) | ||
Age | 282 | 0.998 (0.975–1.021) | 0.8340 |
ICU experience | 274 | 0.989 (0.965–1.014) | 0.3863 |
Number of patients per HCP | 270 | 1.072 (0.971–1.184) | 0.1680 |
Type of hospital | 268 | 0.2219 | |
Secondary hospital | Ref | ||
Primary hospital | 1.789 (0.848–3.773) | ||
University (tertiary) hospital | 1.456 (0.853–2.485) | ||
Form of EOLD communication with patient’s family | 280 | 0.3728 | |
Family meeting | Ref | ||
Telephone call | 1.377 (0.817–2.323) | ||
Videocall | 0.953 (0.224–4.067) | ||
Meeting with patient’s family was not performed | 2.860 (0.723–11.312) | ||
Involvement of the patient's family regarding EOLD | 281 | 0.3810 | |
Family/relatives were included in process, i.e. shared decisions | Ref | ||
Family/relatives were fully responsible for the decision | 2.308 (0.421–12.648) | ||
Family/relatives were just informed about the decision; Patient was in comfort care despite family's disagreement | 1.762 (0.747–4.159) | ||
Family/relatives were just informed about the decision; Patient was in comfort care if family/relatives did not disagree with the decision | 1.175 (0.661–2.087) | ||
Family/relatives were not informed about decision | 7.385 (0.880–61.994) | ||
Cannot answer as I was not involved in the decision process | 1.108 (0.487–2.519) | ||
Inappropriate care of patient, Yes versus No | 280 | 1.804 (1.082–3.008) | 0.0237 |
Opinion about inappropriate care of patient respected, Yes versus No | 165 | 0.511 (0.261–1.001) | 0.0504 |
Therapy goals were always clearly explained and defined, Yes versus No | 281 | 0.297 (0.160–0.551) | 0.0001 |
Agreement with statement that the deaths of COVID-19 patients were dignified, Yes versus No | 277 | 0.203 (0.114–0.359) | < .0001 |
Resource scarcity situation experience, Yes versus No | 115 | 1.735 (0.807–3.732) | 0.1585 |