End-of-life and bereavement support to families in cancer care: a cross-sectional survey with bereaved family members

Table 5 Fractional logistic regression models of benefit-finding and resilience (n = 25)

Regressors / measures of model fit	Benefit-finding (coping), single item (1–5)			Resilience (BRS-6), mean score (1–5)
	AME^a	p^b	95%-CI^c	AME^a	p^b	95%-CI^c
Full model:
Quality of end-of-life care (CANHELP) (mean)	0.933*	0.025	[0.117; 1.749]	0.426*	0.012	[0.093; 0.759]
Time since death to survey completion (months)	0.112	0.468	[-0.191; 0.415]	0.103	0.309	[-0.095; 0.300]
Family member age (years; range 35–90, mean = 61)	0.008	0.748	[-0.043; 0.059]
From minimum age (35 years) to under 50 years				0.057	0.138	[-0.018; 0.132]
From 50 years to maximum age (90 years)				-0.032**	0.004	[-0.053; -0.010]
Family member is the partner / spouse of the deceased (yes)	0.002	0.997	[-1.199; 1.203]	0.309	0.355	[-0.346; 0.964]
Family member is female (vs. male)	-0.084	0.885	[-1.232; 1.063]	-0.073	0.698	[-0.440; 0.294]
BIC-optimized model:
Quality of end-of-life care (CANHELP) (mean; range 1–5)	0.976***	0.000	[0.476; 1.477]	0.503***	0.000	[0.279; 0.728]
Likelihood-based pseudo-R²measures of model fit:
Full model:
Nagelkerke’s R², Cox & Snell’s R², McFadden’s R²	0.153	0.112	0.090	0.085	0.062	0.049
BIC-optimized model:
Nagelkerke’s R², Cox & Snell’s R², McFadden’s R²	0.146	0.107	0.085	0.041	0.030	0.023

Note. Continuous variables in italics. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. ^aAverage marginal effect.^bp-value of type one error.^cLimits of 95% confidence interval.
CANHELP = “CANadian Health Care EvaLuation Project– Bereavement version”, score range: 1–5, high score = high satisfaction in EoL care.
BRS-6 = “Brief Resilience Scale”, score range: 1–5; high score = high resilience.

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