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Table 5 Binomial Logit Model Estimates on Odds of Discordance between Patients and Caregivers

From: Family dynamics in a multi-ethnic Asian society: comparison of elderly CKD patients and their family caregivers experience with medical decision making for managing end stage kidney disease

 

Odds ratio

Standard Error

P Value

Caregiver chose dialysis over CM

4.303

1.017

0.000

Caregiver chose the treatment with the higher cost

4.861

0.951

0.000

Aged 80 and over

0.957

0.199

0.832

Lower health status (in the 25th QALY percentile)

1.330

0.278

0.173

No formal education

0.814

0.188

0.372

Full-time, part-time or self employed

0.891

0.232

0.658

Male

1.260

0.265

0.271

Difference in expected survival between treatment options

1.027

0.029

0.334

Difference in quality of daily life between treatment options

1.222

0.086

0.004

Constant

0.079

0.019

0.000

Log pseudolikelihood

− 600

  

Pseudo R-squared

0.235