Table 9 Multiple regression analysis of the overall psychiatric needs of patients with terminal cancer

religion affiliation

Buddhism

17.388

2.481

0.447

7.008

 < 0.001

12.496

22.280

0.730

1.370

Christianity

20.701

6.158

0.199

3.362

0.001

8.560

32.842

0.851

1.176

Other religion affiliations

18.960

6.023

0.182

3.148

0.002

7.085

30.836

0.889

1.125

Place of residence

town

-5.788

2.740

-0.142

-2.113

0.036

-11.190

-0.387

0.656

1.524

city

-4.147

3.251

-0.094

-1.276

0.204

-10.557

2.263

0.548

1.826

Healthcare payment method

Urban medical insurance

-6.312

4.148

-0.093

-1.522

0.130

-14.491

1.867

0.794

1.260

Municipal medical insurance

-4.139

3.788

-0.079

-1.093

0.276

-11.608

3.330

0.574

1.742

Provincial medical insurance

-7.871

3.133

-0.173

-2.512

0.013

-14.049

-1.693

0.626

1.596

At one’s own expense

-7.390

5.707

-0.075

-1.295

0.197

-18.643

3.862

0.884

1.131

Pain properties

Not applicable

-4.998

11.609

-0.024

-0.431

0.667

-27.886

17.891

0.932

1.074

Distending pain

-4.647

3.074

-0.114

-1.512

0.132

-10.708

1.414

0.521

1.919

Colic pain

7.324

5.308

0.085

1.380

0.169

-3.141

17.790

0.778

1.286

stabbing pain

1.991

4.990

0.025

0.399

0.690

-7.848

11.830

0.761

1.314

stuffy pain

2.780

3.528

0.054

0.788

0.432

-4.176

9.736

0.634

1.578

Cutting pain

6.479

9.936

0.039

0.652

0.515

-13.111

26.070

0.852

1.174

Aching pain

-4.617

4.482

-0.065

-1.030

0.304

-13.454

4.220

0.748

1.336

Crushing pain

12.251

8.325

0.084

1.472

0.143

-4.164

28.665

0.914

1.094

Throbbing pain

-18.446

8.312

-0.126

-2.219

0.028

-34.834

-2.057

0.917

1.091

Number of pain sites

Single site pain

15.076

5.478

0.161

2.752

0.006

4.276

25.877

0.868

1.152