Life-sustaining treatment preferences in older patients when referred to the emergency department for acute geriatric assessment: a descriptive study in a Dutch hospital

Table 3 End model of backward logistic regression analysis for factors related to preferences being known

Factor	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Type of referrer
GP vs. elderly care physician	0.075 (0.029–0.192)	< 0.001
Age (in years)		0.003
60–74 vs. 75–84	0.171 (0.050–0.581)	0.005
85–94 vs. 75–84	1.54 (0.894–2.66)	0.119
≥ 95 vs. 75–84	0.468 (0.118–1.86)	0.281
Mobility		0.044
Unknown vs. walking independent	0.203 (0.021–1.94)	0.166
Walking with aid vs. walking independent	0.880 (0.469–1.65)	0.689
Wheelchair dependent vs. walking independent	3.02 (1.02–8.95)	0.046
Presence of cognitive disorder		0.044
Yes vs. no	1.96 (1.16–3.33)	0.012
Unknown vs no	1.73 (0.226–13.3)	0.597
Hospitalization one year before ED visit		0.020
1 vs. none	2.48 (1.28–4.79)	0.007
≥ 2 vs. none	1.67 (0.764–3.63)	0.199

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