Assisted life termination and truth telling to terminally ill patients – a cross-sectional study of public opinions in Israel

Bodas, Moran; Velan, Baruch; Kaplan, Giora; Ziv, Arnona; Rubin, Carmit; Peleg, Kobi

doi:10.1186/s13584-020-00419-9

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Table 2 Results of multinomial logistic regression analysis of attitudes to (a) truth telling and (b) doctor assisted death among sample (N = 515) with support as a reference group

From: Assisted life termination and truth telling to terminally ill patients – a cross-sectional study of public opinions in Israel

parameter	Effect	category	Point Estimate	95% Wald		p value
parameter	Effect	category	Point Estimate	Confidence Limits		p value
(a) Attitudes toward Truth Telling
Religiousness						0.0009
	Ultra-orthodox vs. Secular	Oppose	3.5550	1.5660	8.0730		0.0024
	Ultra-orthodox vs. Secular	Undetermined	4.5400	1.6930	12.1730		0.0026
	Religious vs. Secular	Oppose	2.1160	1.0960	4.0870		0.0256
	Religious vs. Secular	Undetermined	1.7680	0.7130	4.3810		0.2184
	Traditional vs. Secular	Oppose	0.9000	0.4860	1.6680		0.7386
	Traditional vs. Secular	Undetermined	0.7430	0.3090	1.7870		0.5074
Education						0.0018
	K12 non-academic vs. K12	Oppose	3.0440	1.5830	5.8530		0.0008
	K12 non-academic vs. K12	Undetermined	2.2730	1.0620	4.8640		0.0344
	Academic vs. K12	Oppose	1.8460	0.9960	3.4190		0.0514
	Academic vs. K12	Undetermined	0.5340	0.2120	1.3450		0.1830
	<K12 vs. K12	Oppose	1.7380	0.7700	3.9220		0.1835
	<K12 vs. K12	Undetermined	0.3420	0.0740	1.5820		0.1698
Age						0.632
	35–44 vs 18–34	Oppose	1.0370	0.5400	1.9900		0.9133
	35–44 vs 18–34	Undetermined	1.7950	0.6090	5.2920		0.2890
	45–54 vs 18–34	Oppose	0.5880	0.2370	1.4640		0.2540
	45–54 vs 18–34	Undetermined	2.2770	0.6900	7.5150		0.1768
	55–64 vs 18–34	Oppose	1.2390	0.5180	2.9660		0.6305
	55–64 vs 18–34	Undetermined	2.8430	0.8250	9.7950		0.0978
	65^a vs 18–34	Oppose	1.2360	0.5410	2.8250		0.6150
	65^a vs 18–34	Undetermined	2.4080	0.7150	8.1030		0.1559
Gender						0.2851
	Female vs. Male	Oppose	1.1410	0.6920	1.8800		0.6054
	Female vs. Male	Undetermined	1.7160	0.8750	3.3670		0.1164
(b) Attitudes toward doctor assisted death^a
Ethnicity						<.0001
	Non-Jew vs. Jew	Oppose	3.35	1.90	5.91		<.0001
	Non-Jew vs. Jew	Undetermined	2.78	1.39	5.55		0.0037
Religiousness						<.0001
	Religious vs. Secular	Oppose	6.6260	3.4790	12.6190		<.0001
	Religious vs. Secular	Undetermined	3.0780	1.3590	6.9720		0.0070
	Traditional vs. Secular	Oppose	1.9310	1.1280	3.3050		0.0164
	Traditional vs. Secular	Undetermined	1.7000	0.8950	3.2300		0.1053
Age						0.2654
	18 to 34 vs 65^a	Oppose	3.9570	1.5630	10.0200		0.0037
	18 to 34 vs 65^a	Undetermined	1.6310	0.6400	4.1570		0.3050
	35 to 44 vs 65^a	Oppose	3.8430	1.4550	10.1490		0.0066
	35 to 44 vs 65^a	Undetermined	1.3150	0.4720	3.6620		0.6005
	45 to 54 vs 65^a	Oppose	2.6750	0.9460	7.5650		0.0636
	45 to 54 vs 65^a	Undetermined	1.5300	0.5370	4.3560		0.4257
	55 to 64 vs 65^a	Oppose	3.4040	1.2030	9.6290		0.0210
	55 to 64 vs 65^a	Undetermined	1.6520	0.5700	4.7930		0.3553
Gender						0.9940
	Male vs. Female	Oppose	1.0270	0.6320	1.6670		0.9152
	Male vs. Female	Undetermined	1.0030	0.5570	1.8070		0.9909

^aUltra-orthodox are excluded from this analysis due to their overwhelming opposition to euthanasia

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