Table 6 Symptom domain causing caregivers most distress: matching status and regression analysis for caregiver–physician discordance
Between caregiver and physician | Symptom domain that causes the caregiver most distress | Univariate LR analysis | Multivariate LR: input significant variables with variable increasing method (likelihood ratio) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concordance (n = 93) | Discordance (n = 90) | OR | 95% CI | p value | OR | 95% CI | p value | |
Patient-side factor | ||||||||
Autonomic dysfunction | n.e. | |||||||
None | 63 (67.7) | 45 (50.0) | 1.000 | ref | ||||
Yes | 30 (32.3) | 45 (50.0) | 2.100 | 1.153–3.826 | 0.015 | |||
Caregiver-side factors | ||||||||
Patient’s most inconvenient symptom domain that the caregiver selected | ||||||||
Cognitive impairment | 29 (31.2) | 26 (28.9) | 2.152 | 0.868–5.335 | 0.098 | 2.152 | 0.868–5.335 | 0.098 |
Parkinsonism | 24 (25.8) | 10 (11.1) | 1.000 | ref | 1.000 | ref | ||
Psychiatric symptoms | 37 (39.8) | 20 (22.2) | 1.297 | 0.519–3.244 | 0.578 | 1.297 | 0.519–3.244 | 0.578 |
Eating behavior-related problems | 0 (0.0) | 5 (5.6) | n.c. | n.c. | ||||
Sleep-related disorders | 1 (1.1) | 13 (14.4) | 31.200 | 3.585–271.515 | 0.002 | 31.200 | 3.585–271.515 | 0.002 |
Autonomic dysfunction | 2 (2.2) | 16 (17.8) | 19.200 | 3.707–99.445 | <0.001 | 19.200 | 3.707–99.445 | <0.001 |
Sensory disorders | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | |||||
Physician-side factors | ||||||||
Institute | n.e. | |||||||
University hospital | 48 (51.6) | 32 (35.6) | 1.000 | ref | ||||
Non-university hospital | 14 (15.1) | 21 (23.3) | 2.250 | 1.000–5.062 | 0.050 | |||
Clinic | 31 (33.3) | 37 (41.1) | 1.790 | 0.931–3.443 | 0.081 | |||