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Table 2 Rates of ED Visits and ACS ED visits according to the characteristics of nursing home residents with feeding tubes

From: Emergency department visits and hospitalizations by tube-fed nursing home residents with varying degrees of cognitive impairment: a national study

Characteristic

ED visit rate, no. (%)

ED visit incident rate ratios (95%confidence interval)

ACS ED visit rate, no. (%)

ACS ED incident rate ratios (95% confidence interval)

  

Unadjusted

Adjusted+

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted+

Total

335 (9.6)

  

79 (2.3)

  

Severity of cognitive impairment1

      

 No/Mild

82 (10.4)

1.00 (.83-1.20)

.92 (.76-1.11)

24 (3.1)

1.79 (1.37-2.33)***

1.84 (1.40-2.41)***

 Mild/Moderate

105 (9.5)

Ref

Ref

21 (1.9)

Ref

Ref

 Moderate/Severe

65 (11.2)

1.35 (1.10-1.65)**

1.42 (1.16-1.74)**

14 (2.4)

2.02 (1.50-2.71)***

1.80 (1.35-2.41)***

 Very severe

83 (8.3)

.89 (.73-1.08)

1.05 (.85-1.30)

20 (2.0)

1.42 (1.07-1.89)*

1.17 (.87-1.57)

  1. +Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, marital status, diagnoses/conditions, level of ADL impairment, DNR order present, any urinary catheter use.
  2. 1Severity of Cognitive Impairment was measured by the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) – No/Mild (0, 1); Mild/Moderate (2, 3); Moderate/Severe (4, 5); Very Severe (6).
  3. *p<.01, **p<.001, ***p<.0001.