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Table 3 Hazard ratios for the association between improvement in bed mobility or transferring positions and hospitalization for urinary tract infection, by patient characteristics.1

From: Mobility and other predictors of hospitalization for urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic at Time of SNF Admission

Number

Percent that improved mobility

Hazard Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Wheelchair primary mode of locomotion

167,146

27.0%

0.62

0.56, 0.70

Bedfast all or most of time

9,380

14.2%

0.43

0.22, 0.81

Missing limb

4,502

22.3%

0.20

0.06, 0.64

Stroke, TIA, or hemiplegia

55,032

21.8%

0.58

0.47, 0.72

Hip fracture

25,854

35.9%

0.46

0.34, 0.62

Multiple sclerosis

607

17.3%

0.46

0.02, 12.14

Paraplegia

625

15.2%

1.05

0.24, 4.64

  1. 1. Only patients with assessments of mobility during two time periods were included. Patients with quadriplegia or comatose condition were excluded.