Longitudinal association between personality traits and homebound status in older adults: results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Table 4 Cross-sectional analysis of association between personality traits and homebound status

Variables	Model 1 OR (95% CI)†	Effect size (f²)	Model 2 OR (95% CI)†	Effect size (f²)	Model 3 OR (95% CI)†	Effect size (f²)
Conscientiousness	0.50 (0.45, 0.56) ***	0.04	0.57 (0.50, 0.64) ***	0.17	0.74 (0.64, 0.85) ***	0.33
Extraversion	0.65 (0.58, 0.73) ***	0.01	0.70 (0.62, 0.79) ***	0.15	0.88 (0.76, 1.01)	0.32
Neuroticism	1.46 (1.32, 1.61) ***	0.01	1.46 (1.31, 1.63) ***	0.15	1.07 (0.93, 1.22)	0.32
Openness	0.67 (0.61, 0.75) ***	0.01	0.80 (0.71, 0.90) ***	0.14	0.92 (0.81, 1.04)	0.32
Agreeableness	0.78 (0.67, 0.90) **	0.01	0.73 (0.62, 0.86) ***	0.14	0.92 (0.76, 1.11)	0.32

Note: Model 1: crude association
Model 2: Model 1 + demographic covariates (age, gender, race, education, living arrangement)
Model 3: Model 1 + demographic and health-related covariates (Body Mass Index, self-reported health, number of chronic illnesses, dementia, depression, anxiety, pain, and hospitalization)
†OR Odds ratio, CI confidence interval; ** p < 0.01.*** p < 0.001

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