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Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression on the association between having a POA for health care and participants’ characteristicsa, b

From: Advance directives and power of attorney for health care in the oldest-old – results of the AgeQualiDe study

Characteristicc

df

Wald’s χ2

p value

OR

95%-CI

Living situation (reference: private household, alone)

 

 Private household, with others (partner, relative, etc.)

1

1.844

0.175

1.30

0.89–1.89

 Assisted living/nursing home/retirement home

1

7.959

0.005

2.15

1.26–3.66

MMSE score; every additional pointd

1

16.054

<0.001

1.21

1.10–1.33

  1. CI confidence interval, df degree of freedom, MMSE Mini-Mental-State Examination, OR odds ratio
  2. amissing data for n = 22 (3.3%) of the 666 participants
  3. bbackward elimination; Nagelkerke’s R2 of the model =0.051
  4. cAge, gender, education, family status, subjectively perceived cognitive decline, self-rated health, depression, frailty, and basic and instrumental functional status were excluded from the model
  5. dThe higher the MMSE score, the better the cognition [18]