In-person family presence in the last 48 hours of life and variables examined in logistic regression analyses
| Variables examined | Proportion of patients* (%) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value |
| In-person family presence | 329/425 (77.4) | ||||
| Age of decedent† | 0.997 (0.98 to 1.02) | 0.774 | 0.99 (0.97 to 1.02) | 0.608 | |
| Sex of decedent | |||||
| Female | 139/175 (79.4) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Male | 190/250 (76.0) | 0.82 (0.51 to 1.31) | 0.406 | 0.75 (0.44 to 1.26) | 0.272 |
| Study group | |||||
| Pre-COVID | 154/170 (90.6) | 1 | 1 | ||
| COVID-ve | 135/170 (79.4) | 0.40 (0.21 to 0.76) | 0.005 | 0.38 (0.199 to 0.73) | 0.003 |
| COVID+ve | 40/85 (47.1) | 0.09 (0.05 to 0.18) | <0.001 | 0.09 (0.04 to 0.17) | <0.001 |
| Hospital site | |||||
| Site 1 | 138/170 (81.2) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Site 2 | 108/155 (69.7) | 0.53 (0.32 to 0.89) | 0.017 | 0.46 (0.26 to 0.84) | 0.011 |
| Site 3 | 83/100 (83.0) | 1.13 (0.59 to 2.17) | 0.707 | 1.15 (0.56 to 2.34) | 0.701 |
| Care service at death | |||||
| Medicine | 231/302 (76.5) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Intensive care unit | 98/123 (79.7) | 1.21 (0.72 to 2.01) | 0.477 | 0.92 (0.47 to 1.79) | 0.801 |
| Admission duration† | 1.004 (0.99 to 1.01) | 0.411 | 1.004 (0.99 to 1.02) | 0.428 |
Bold values were statistically significant.
*Proportion of patients=proportion of total number for each categorical variable.
†Treated as a continuous variable or covariate.