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Table 2 Trends over time (in years) in home care after adjusting for age, province and sex from the negative binomial regression modelsa

From: Prevalence of sensory impairments in home care and long-term care using interRAI data from across Canada

 

Hearing Loss

Adjusted RR

(95% CI)

p-value

Vision Loss

Adjusted RR (95% CI)

p-value

Dual Sensory Loss

Adjusted RR (95% CI)

p-value

Year

1.01 (1.00, 1.01)

0.13

1.01(1.00, 1.01)

0.12

1.01(1.00, 102)

0.06

Province (reference = ON)

  Alberta

1.06 (0.99, 1.14)

0.09

0.85 (0.78, 0.92)

< 0.0001

0.75 (0.67, 0.83)

< 0.0001

  British Columbia

1.14 (1.02, 1.26)

0.02

0.88 (0.78, 0.99)

0.03

0.85 (0.73, 0.99)

0.03

  Manitoba

1.03 (0.97, 1.09)

0.35

0.81 (0.76, 0.87)

< 0.0001

0.63 (0.58, 0.69)

< 0.0001

  Newfoundland & Labrador

0.91 (0.86, 0.98)

0.01

1.12 (1.04, 1.20)

0.003

0.92 (0.83, 1.01)

0.07

  Yukon Territory

1.26 (1.11, 1.43)

0.0005

0.67 (0.56, 0.80)

< 0.0001

0.95 (0.79, 1.14)

0.62

  Age (in years)

1.02 (0.98, 1.05)

0.38

0.98 (0.94, 1.02)

0.35

1.06 (1.01, 1.12)

0.02

  Male

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

0.41

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

0.77

1.00 (0.98, 1.02)

0.83

  1. aRR relative rate, CI confidence interval