Table 6

Logistic regression of sedation, intent, attitude to legalisation and reports of discussion, on speciality, ethnicity and strength of religious faith

	OR	95% CI	p Value
(1) Sedation^*
Speciality
Palliative care	1
Elderly	0.60	0.35 to 1.03	0.06
General practice	1.14	0.75 to 1.73	0.54
Other hospital	1.43	0.97 to 2.12	0.07
Religious faith
Very or extremely religious	1
Neither or mild	1.14	0.84 to 1.56	0.40
Very or extremely non-religious	1.45	1.02 to 2.06	0.04
Ethnicity
Other	1
Asian	1.11	0.70 to 1.75	0.67
White	0.93	0.62 to 1.39	0.73
(2) Intent^†
Speciality
Palliative care	1
Elderly	6.46	3.81 to 10.94	<0.0005
General practice	4.70	2.89 to 7.64	<0.0005
Other hospital	9.64	6.02 to 15.45	<0.0005
Religious faith
Very or extremely religious	1
Neither or mild	1.25	0.96 to 1.62	0.09
Very or extremely non-religious	1.83	1.35 to 2.48	<0.0005
Ethnicity
Other	1
Asian	1.11	0.76 to 1.64	0.58
White	1.20	0.86 to 1.69	0.29
(3) Attitude^‡
Speciality
Palliative care	1
Elderly	2.66	1.66 to 4.26	<0.0005
General practice	3.99	2.59 to 6.14	<0.0005
Other hospital	4.45	2.93 to 6.77	<0.0005
Religious faith
Very or extremely religious	1
Neither or mild	3.02	2.29 to 3.98	<0.0005
Very or extremely non-religious	5.47	4.04 to 7.40	<0.0005
Ethnicity
Other	1
Asian	1.51	1.07 to 2.14	0.02
White	1.47	1.08 to 2.01	0.02
(4) Discuss^§
Speciality
Palliative care	1
Elderly	0.22	0.02 to 2.77	0.24
General practice	0.30	0.03 to 3.13	0.31
Other hospital	0.55	0.05 to 5.71	0.61
Religious faith
Very or extremely religious	1
Neither or mild	4.10	1.92 to 8.74	<0.0005
Very or extremely non-religious	4.29	1.74 to 10.57	<0.0005
Ethnicity
Other	1
Asian	1.14	0.35 to 3.74	0.83
White	1.14	0.40 to 3.25	0.80