Table 13 Multiple regression analysis of relationship with the transcendent spiritual needs in patients with terminal cancer

Age

41–60 Years old

2.842

0.633

0.366

4.488

 < 0.001

1.594

4.091

0.491

2.038

 > 60 Years old

3.290

0.661

0.429

4.975

 < 0.001

1.986

4.593

0.439

2.279

Gender

Female

1.082

0.469

0.139

2.309

0.022

0.158

2.006

0.900

1.112

Religion affiliation

Buddhism

2.887

0.521

0.379

5.536

 < 0.001

1.859

3.915

0.695

1.438

Christianity

4.303

1.281

0.211

3.358

0.001

1.777

6.829

0.827

1.210

Other religion affiliations

1.029

1.279

0.050

0.805

0.422

-1.492

3.551

0.830

1.205

Occupation

Manual workers

0.475

0.626

0.049

0.758

0.449

-0.760

1.709

0.782

1.278

Teaching painr or clerk

0.606

1.094

0.035

0.554

0.580

-1.550

2.763

0.836

1.196

Businessman

3.785

1.389

0.161

2.726

0.007

1.048

6.523

0.930

1.076

Other

1.155

0.960

0.074

1.204

0.230

-0.737

3.047

0.866

1.155

Healthcare payment method

Urban medical insurance

-2.685

0.820

-0.202

-3.274

0.001

-4.302

-1.068

0.854

1.170

Municipal medical insurance

-0.578

0.721

-0.056

-0.801

0.424

-1.999

0.844

0.666

1.501

Provincial medical insurance

-0.504

0.664

-0.057

-0.759

0.448

-1.813

0.805

0.587

1.704

At one’s own expense

-0.576

1.154

-0.030

-0.500

0.618

-2.851

1.699

0.910

1.099