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

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Predictors of the care dependency score for survivors at 6-month follow-up (n = 659)

	Crude model*			Adjusted model**
	B	SE	P-value	B	SE	P-value
Constant	22.37	5.18	<0.001	22.73	4.92	<0.001
Female	1.839	0.96	0.056	1.854	0.92	0.045
Age in years	-0.106	0.06	0.058	-0.122	0.06	0.027
Cranberry use	0.143	0.78	0.855
Long-term care facility	-0.079	0.04	0.055	-0.075	0.04	0.063
Length of stay on ward in months	-0.009	0.01	0.486
Baseline CDS score	0.685	0.03	<0.001	0.693	0.03	<0.001
Myocardial infarction	-0.819	1.38	0.552
Stroke	-0.539	0.96	0.576
Cancer	-2.927	1.01	0.004	-2.969	1.00	0.003
Diabetes mellitus	0.163	0.99	0.869
COPD	0.756	1.13	0.497
Urine incontinence	-3.109	0.93	0.001	-3.171	0.92	0.001
Urinary tract infection preceding year	-0.634	0.81	0.432
Dementia	-3.779	1.03	<0.001	-3.543	0.97	<0.001

CDS = Care Dependency Scale (range 15–75 points); SE = Standard Error; COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
*multivariate linear regression model.
**excluded from the model: cranberry use, myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes mellitus, COPD, urinary tract infection preceding year.

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