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Table 3 Impact of working through the SHRC on the improvement of pre-frailty after two years

From: The improvement effect of working through the Silver Human Resources Center on pre-frailty among older people: a two-year follow-up study

  

OR

 

95%CI

 

p-value

Frequency of working

(ref. Less-working)

       
 

Moderate-working

1.47

(

1.14

-

1.90

)

0.003

 

Frequent-working

1.12

(

0.87

-

1.45

)

n.s.

Age

(year)

0.98

(

0.95

-

1.01

)

n.s.

Sex

Male (ref. Female)

0.83

(

0.66

-

1.05

)

n.s.

Working for financial reward

Yes (ref. No)

0.79

(

0.55

-

1.14

)

n.s.

Years of membership

(year)

1.00

(

0.97

-

1.03

)

n.s.

Community activities

Yes (ref. No)

1.11

(

0.91

-

1.36

)

n.s.

Health status at baseline

        
 

Physical dysfunction

0.68

(

0.47

-

0.98

)

0.036

 

Malnutrition

1.20

(

0.43

-

3.33

)

n.s.

 

Oral dysfunction

0.72

(

0.56

-

0.92

)

0.009

 

Cognitive dysfunction

0.29

(

0.24

-

0.36

)

< 0.001

 

House-boundness

3.97

(

0.84

-

18.65

)

n.s.

 

Depression

0.54

(

0.42

-

0.68

)

< 0.001

  1. Total n = 531. Logistic regression analysis; Bold: p < 0.05
  2. Odds ratio (OR)
  3. >1 indicates a likely increase in improving pre-frailty; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval
  4. This model adjusted for missing data using Inverse-probability weighting (IPW)