Table 3 Multiple logistic regression analysis predicting the likelihood of participants with confidence (N = 436)

Agency characteristics

Number of clients / 1 month

0–32

1.00

[ reference ]

33–59

0.90

(0.42–1.90)

60–97

2.09

(0.91–4.94)

98 and over

2.30

(0.95–5.79)

Number of clients who had died at home / 6 months [ 2 and over = 1, 0-1 = 0]

1.08

(0.52–2.29)

Care manager characteristics

Age (years)

1.04*

(1.01–1.08)

Gender [ female = 1, male = 0]

1.05

(0.50–2.24)

Professional background [ nurse=1, non-nurse=0]

2.71*

(1.26–6.19)

Years of experience in background profession

0–7

1.00

[ reference ]

8–12

2.18*

(1.07–4.57)

13 and over

1.72

(0.83–3.63)

Additional responsibility other than care management [ no=1, yes=0 ]

2.78**

(1.06–4.74)

Years since gaining care manager license

0–3

1.00

[ reference ]

4–5

0.80

(0.31–2.00)

6–8

0.95

(0.38–2.36)

9 and over

0.94

(0.34–2.55)

Number of end-of-life cases experienced

0–1

1.00

[ reference ]

2–3

2.60*

(1.26–5.50)

4–10

7.12***

(3.21–16.56)

11 and over

33.67***

(8.14–235.19)

Goodness-of-fit statistics¹ (χ ², p)

4.73

0.79