Table 4 Different background factors, life values and attitudes explaining physicians’ decision to increase the morphine dose (n = 323) versus not (n = 767) in forward logistic regression analysis
From: Changes in attitudes towards hastened death among Finnish physicians over the past sixteen years
| Â | n | OR | (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Year of the survey | ||||
 1999 | 578 | ref. |  |  |
 2015 | 512 | 1.40 | (1.05, 1.88) | 0.024 |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 534 | ref. |  |  |
 Male | 556 | 1.51 | (1.11, 2.05) | 0.009 |
Age | 1090 | 1.02 | (1.01, 1.04) | 0.007 |
Own advance directive | ||||
 No | 1026 | ref. |  |  |
 Yes | 64 | 1.74 | (1.00, 3.03) | 0.051 |
Faith in God | ||||
 Important | 489 | ref. |  |  |
 Not important | 601 | 1.64 | (1.23, 2.19) | 0.001 |
 Assisted suicide is reprehensible (VAS) | 1090 | 1.13 | (1.08, 1.19) | < 0.001 |
 Physicians can’t estimate cancer pain (VAS) | 1090 | 0.94 | (0.89, 0.99) | 0.021 |
Physician groups | Â | Â | Â | 0.014 |
 Oncologists | 120 | ref. |  |  |
 Surgeons | 252 | 2.50 | (1.40, 4.46) | 0.002 |
 Internists | 268 | 2.37 | (1.34, 4.20) | 0.003 |
 GPs | 450 | 2.30 | (1.33, 3.97) | 0.003 |