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Table 4 Results of the multivariate regression model for the prediction of longitudinal change in QOL ratings

From: Change in quality of life and potentially associated factors in patients receiving home-based primary care: a prospective cohort study

Variables

QOL scores (Self-perceived)

QOL scores (Family-reported)

  

95%CI

  

95%CI

 
 

Beta

Lower limit

Upper limit

p-value

Beta

Lower limit

Upper limit

p-value

Annual visit, year

 1

0.00

   

0.00

   

 2

− 0.36

−1.20

0.48

0.40

−1.05

−2.37

0.26

0.12

 3

−2.15

−3.83

−0.47

0.01

−3.89

−5.42

−2.36

< 0.001

 4

−3.32

−4.38

−2.25

< 0.001

−4.54

−6.61

−2.47

< 0.001

 5

−2.78

−3.83

−1.73

< 0.001

−4.47

−6.71

−2.23

< 0.001

Age

0.02

−0.03

0.06

0.49

0.01

−0.07

0.08

0.84

Gender

 Female (vs. male)

−0.40

−1.28

0.48

0.37

0.39

−1.04

1.83

0.59

BMI (kg/m2)

−0.03

−0.13

0.07

0.51

−0.01

−0.41

0.40

0.97

Household status

 Not alone (vs. alone)

0.38

−1.10

1.87

0.61

−0.34

−3.41

2.73

0.83

Marital status

 Married

0.00

   

0.00

   

 Widow/Widower

0.66

−0.28

1.59

0.17

−1.15

−3.07

0.78

0.24

 Divorced

1.74

0.47

3.00

0.01

1.17

−1.75

4.09

0.43

 Single

0.94

−0.56

2.44

0.22

−2.90

−6.90

1.10

0.15

Economic status

 With financial support

0.00

   

0.00

   

 Self-supporting

−0.47

−1.23

0.29

0.22

−0.87

−2.85

1.10

0.39

 Well-off

−0.06

−1.11

1.00

0.92

−0.74

−3.26

1.77

0.56

Visual acuity

 Impaired (vs. not impaired)

−0.48

−1.38

0.43

0.30

0.57

−0.87

2.01

0.44

Hearing ability

 Impaired (vs. not impaired)

−0.17

−1.07

0.73

0.70

0.94

−0.66

2.54

0.25

Communication

 Impaired (vs. not impaired)

−0.66

−1.66

0.33

0.19

1.33

−1.51

4.17

0.36

CCI

0.12

−0.05

0.29

0.17

−0.02

−0.39

0.35

0.93

Polypharmacy (≥6 medications)

        

 Yes (vs. no)

0.03

−0.63

0.70

0.92

0.73

−0.66

2.12

0.30

Independence scale of the disabled elderly

 Independence

0.00

   

0.00

   

 Pre-bedridden status

−1.24

−2.38

−0.11

0.03

0.15

−2.11

2.40

0.90

 Bedridden status

−1.39

−2.75

−0.03

0.045

−2.05

−4.69

0.58

0.13

Barthel index (scores)

−0.01

−0.03

0.01

0.20

−0.01

−0.05

0.02

0.45

Bedsore

 Yes (vs. no)

−0.09

−1.15

0.97

0.86

−0.58

−2.76

1.61

0.60

Denture use

 Yes (vs. no)

−0.26

−0.96

0.45

0.47

−1.02

−2.36

0.32

0.14

Feeding intake form

 Oral form

0.00

   

0.00

   

 Oral form plus tube feeding

0.93

−1.05

2.92

0.36

1.70

−1.36

4.76

0.28

 Tube feeding

0.82

−1.93

3.57

0.56

5.21

−1.71

12.14

0.14

Dysphagia Severity Scale

 Dysphagia (vs. no dysphagia)

−0.17

−1.32

0.98

0.78

−0.76

−2.02

0.50

0.24

MNA-SF (scores)

0.10

−0.07

0.28

0.23

0.37

0.10

0.64

0.01

Serum albumin level (g/dL)

−0.39

−0.95

0.17

0.17

−1.87

−3.82

0.08

0.06

Baseline QOL (scores)

0.75

0.58

0.93

< 0.001

0.50

0.25

0.76

< 0.001

  1. *Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, household status, marital status, economic status, visual acuity, hearing ability, communication, CCI, polypharmacy, independence scale of the disabled elderly, Barthel index, bedsore, denture use, feeding intake form, dysphagia severity, MNA-SF, serum albumin level, and baseline QOL
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