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Table 4 Factors associated with the perspectives of critical care nurses of promoting advance directives (N = 250)

From: Critical care nurses’ knowledge and attitudes and their perspectives toward promoting advance directives and end-of-life care

Variable

B

SE

Beta

p value

VIF

Constant

50.609

8.359

 

 < 0.001

 

Attitude towards EoL care

0.727

0.113

0.423

 < 0.001

1.314

Perceived knowledge of EoL care

0.1690

0.084

0.134

0.045

1.322

Type of ICU (Ref: Medical ICU)

 Cardiac

-7.744

1.977

-0.234

 < 0.001

1.072

 Respiratory

-5.230

2.305

-0.135

0.024

1.076

Regression modela

R2= 0.225; adjusted R2= 0.211

F(4,234) = 16.943 (p < 0.001)

  1. Notes: aThe stepwise selection was used in the multiple regression model, and non-significant variables were removed from the final model. SE Standard error, VIF Variance inflation factor, EoL end-of-life, ICU Intensive care unit