Skip to main content

Table 2 Explanatory variables a for ADL functional capacity

From: Factors associated with functional incapacity in elders living in long stay institutions in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

VARIABLES (N = 281)

Crude odds ratiob

95% confidence interval

Adjusted odds ratioc

95% confidence interval

SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC

     

Age group

60 to 69 years

0.36

(0.24 – 0.52)

0.19

(0.06 – 0.66)

70 to 79 years

0.56

(0.40 – 0.78)

0.19

(0.06 – 0.60)

80 and over

1.00

-

1.00

-

HEALTH CONDITIONS AND LIFESTYLE

     

Has a physician ever told you that you had an embolism, cerebral ischemia or thrombosis?

Yes

3.62

(2.21 – 5.93)

4.39

(1.25 – 15.40)

No

1.00

-

1.00

-

MOBILITY ASSESSMENT

     

What is the level of difficulty to walk 400 meters?

Impossible/very difficult

15.50

(10.69 – 22.62)

7.52

(2.21 – 25.61)

Moderate difficulty

3.03

(1.76 – 5.19)

6.56

(2.10 – 20.69)

Little difficulty/none

1.00

-

1.00

-

COGNITIVE ASPECTS

     

Temporal orientation

0 and 1

3.70

(2.30 – 5,.5)

4.41

(1.46 – 13.38)

2 and 3

2.40

(1.43 – 4.02)

1.21

(0.38 – 3.82)

4 and 5

1.00

-

1.00

-

Reading

Yes

1.00

-

1.00

-

No

1.49

(1.01 – 2.20)

0.22

(0.07 – 0.63)

EMOTIONAL ASPECTS

     

Have you been upset lately?

Yes

1.00

-

1.00

-

No

0.67

(0.46 – 0.99)

0.21

(0.06 – 0.70)

  1. aVariables presented in this table were selected in the univariate analysis of each level, according to the results of the Wald test (p < 0.05). Levels were theoretically organized, using a hierarchical approach.
  2. bCrude odds ratios represent the crude effect of each explanatory variable on functional capacity assessed through univariate logistic regression analysis.
  3. cAdjusted odds ratios represent the effect of each explanatory variable adjusted for all the other variables included in the final model in the multivariate analysis.