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Table 5 Logistic regression model Albumin, OMS Falls Risk Mobility, and Waterlow scores in the manual sample (n = 299)

From: What care do people with dementia receive at the end of life? Lessons from a retrospective clinical audit of deaths in hospital and other settings

 

Number of people

Number of Measurements

Est

OR

LCL

UCL

Std. Error

Z value

Pr( >|z|)

AUC

Albumina

200

654

0.17

1.181

1.084

1.287

0.04

3.81

 < 0.001

0.958

OMS Falls Risk Mobilityb

189

976

0.06

1.062

1.032

1.092

0.01

4.12

 < 0.001

0.898

Waterlowc

166

1906

0.06

1.062

1.038

1.087

0.01

5.18

 < 0.001

0.881

  1. OR are calculated from separate crude logistic regression models for functional decline measurements within 1 month of death
  2. aalbumin blood test (used to assess general health and liver and kidney function)
  3. bOntario Modified Stratify (OMS) (Sydney Scoring) Falls Risk Mobility Score (identifies people’ falls risk factors)
  4. cWaterlow Score (an assessment of a person’s risk of developing a pressure injury)