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Table 5 Multinominal logistic regression analysis results according to emotional response levela

From: Factors affecting the emotional reactions of patient relatives who receive news of death: a prospective observational study

 

Independent variables

B

SE

OR

P value

Initial shock reaction

Constant

− 1824.7

171,860.6

.992

Patient's relative gender

− 971.4

51,835.6

0

.985

Patient's relative age

13.9

820.9

1,121,623.4

.986

Education level of the patient’s relatives

− 404.0

48,500.8

3.39E−176

.993

Patient's relative marital status

− 646.7

59,258.7

1.40E−281

.991

Number of children of the patient's relative

− 1016.0

57,912.6

0

.986

Degree of relationship

159.3

8912.7

1.52E+69

.986

Patient's relative’s history of previous ICU visit

1197.7

69,896.8

b

.986

Patient’s relative’s history of previous psychiatric treatment

− 1351.5

74,962.5

0

.986

Living in the same house with the patient

610.9

32,989.2

2.01E+265

.985

Length of stay in İCU

13.2

798.4

527,834.475

.987

Diagnosis

137.5

8960.0

5.34E+59

.988

Patient age

− 15.7

1104.7

1.57E−07

.989

Patient gender

92.5

27,804.1

1.47E+40

.997

GCS

139.9

7629.5

5.64E+60

.985

APACHE II score

42.2

2500.5

2.19015E+18

.987

Denial

Constant

− 3.12

59.7

 

.958

Patient's relative gender

− 2.41

2.15

0.09

.261

Patient's relative age

0.013

0.10

1.01

.899

Education level of the patient’s relatives

− 1.17

0.96

0.31

.224

Patient's relative marital status

7.34

4.87

1543.3

.131

Number of children of the patient's relative

− 2.07

1.87

0.13

.269

Degree of relationship

1.63

1.11

5.08

.141

Patient's relative’s history of previous ICU visit

− 0.22

2.11

0.80

.918

Patient’s relative’s history of previous psychiatric treatment

3.28

29.2

26.6

.911

Living in the same house with the patient

7.03

3.95

1133.2

.075

Length of stay in İCU

− 0.18

0.14

0.83

.189

Diagnosis

− 0.36

0.44

0.7

.413

Patient age

− 0.29

0.13

0.75

.020*

Patient gender

− 1.70

2.16

0.18

.430

GCS

− 0.07

0.23

0.93

.752

APACHE II score

0.07

0.10

1.07

.485

Feeling guilty

Constant

17.2

7.78

 

.027

Patient's relative gender

0.31

1.79

1.37

.862

Patient's relative age

0.16

0.12

1.17

.193

Education level of the patient’s relatives

0.11

0.68

1.12

.872

Patient's relative marital status

3.09

2.52

22.15

.220

Number of children of the patient's relative

− 1.73

1.17

0.177

.140

Degree of relationship

− 1.45

1.54

0.23

.345

Patient's relative’s history of previous ICU visit

1.50

1.38

4.499

.275

Patient’s relative’s history of previous psychiatric treatment

− 1.36

2.02

0.26

.501

Living in the same house with the patient

2.31

2.09

10.1

.269

Length of stay in İCU

− 0.03

0.03

0.97

.294

Diagnosis

− 0.19

0.29

0.82

.500

Patient age

− 0.36

0.15

0.698

.018*

Patient gender

0.12

1.27

1.13

.926

GCS

− 0.18

0.17

0.83

.290

APACHE II score

− 0.024

0.05

0.98

.645

Anger

Constant

− 1704.8

0.00

 

Patient's relative gender

− 846.4

0.00

0

 

Patient's relative age

14.44

2642.9

1,868,664.2

.996

Education level of the patient’s relatives

− 403.3

40,658.4

6.97E−176

.992

Patient's relative marital status

− 619.5

0.000

9.38E−270

 

Number of children of the patient's relative

− 971.96

0.000

0

 

Degree of relationship

130.8

26,488.5

6.17E+56

.996

Patient's relative’s history of previous ICU visit

1273.6

103,748.5

b

.990

Patient’s relative’s history of previous psychiatric treatment

− 1388.7

0.000

0

 

Living in the same house with the patient

569.5

65,826.9

2.24E+247

.993

Length of stay in ICU

12.92

3519.4

406,812.761

.997

Diagnosis

139.97

16,217.5

6.16E+60

.993

Patient age

− 14.99

1863.02

3.09E−07

.994

Patient gender

94.5

38,342.18

1.14E+41

.998

GCS

129.68

6065.2

2.08E+56

.983

APACHE II score

37.71

2719.8

2.37153E+16

.989

  1. SE, standard error; OR, odds ratio; GCS, Glasgow coma scale; ICU, intensive care unit
  2. aThe reference category is: Normal reception (p < 0.05); bThis parameter is set to zero because it is redundant
  3. *If the P value was < 0.05, it was considered significant