Natural course of care dependency in residents of long-term care facilities: prospective follow-up study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Mortality risk at 12-month follow-up depending on care dependency scores (continuous) at baseline

	Mortality risk per point decrease in CDS score	95% CI
Crude	1.02	1.01-1.03
Adjusted for age and gender	1.02	1.01-1.03
Adjusted for age, gender, cranberry use and LTCF	1.02	1.01-1.03
Adjusted for age, gender, cranberry use, LTCF, and length of stay on ward	1.02	1.01-1.03
Adjusted for age, gender, cranberry use, LTCF, length of stay on the ward and comorbidity*	1.03	1.02-1.04
Adjusted for age, gender, length of stay, cranberry use, LTCF comorbidity* and dementia	1.03	1.02-1.04

CDS = Care Dependency Scale (range 15–75 points); LTCF = Long-term care facility.
Data are presented as risk per point decrease (hazard ratio and corresponding 95% confidence intervals); estimated by Cox regression analysis.
*Comorbidity (including myocardial infarction, stroke, cancer, diabetes mellitus, COPD, and urine incontinence, urinary tract infection preceding year).

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