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Table 6 Factors associated with musculoskeletal diagnoses

From: Physical diagnoses in nursing home residents - is dementia or severity of dementia of importance?

Variables

Unadjusted

Adjusted

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

CDR-SOB

0.94 (0.90; 0.97)

0.002

0.97 (0.93; 1.02)

0.220

Males

0.10 (0.04; 0.26)

< 0.001

0.08 (0.02; 0.27)

< 0.001

Age

1.07 (1.03; 1.11)

< 0.001

1.05 (1.01; 1.08)

0.012

Education (≥10 years)

1.04 (0.60; 1.79)

0.888

1.69 (0.99; 2.90)

0.061

PSMS score

0.97 (0.93; 0.99)

0.039

  

NPI Agitation subsyndrome

0.97 (0.94; 0.99)

0.006

  

NPI Psychosis subsyndrome

0.96 (0.93; 0.99)

0.044

  

NPI Affective subsyndrome

1.01 (0.97; 1.05)

0.594

  

NPI Apathy

0.93 (0.88; 0.99)

0.018

  

Number of physical diagnoses

2.86 (2.15; 3.81)

< 0.001

2.63 (1.66; 4.17)

< 0.001

Duration in NH (LN)

0.88 (0.74; 1.05)

0.165

0.86 (0.71; 1.04)

0.121

Type of NH unit

 Regular – ref.

1

  

 Special care

0.67 (0.44; 1.02)

0.064

  

 Rehabilitation

1.71 (0.62; 4.73)

0.298

  

 Other

1.34 (0.67; 2.70)

0.403

  
  1. Unadjusted and adjusted analyses using generalized linear mixed model. No significant interactions found in the adjusted model
  2. CDR-SOB Clinical Dementia Rating - Sum of Boxes, PSMS Physical Self-Maintenance Scale, NPI Neuropsychiatric Inventory, NH Nursing Home, LN Natural Logarithm