Table 3.

Bivariate multinomial regression of change in Self-perceived Health for the reference category “worsening or no improvement”.

		n	Remained Well (n = 129; 38.9%)		Improvement (n = 76; 22.9%)
Variable	Categories		RRRc	95% CI	RRRc	95% CI	p Value
Age (n = 330)		330	0.98	0.96/0.99	0.96	0.94/0.98	0.001
Being a caregiver (n = 326)	No	227	1		1		0.001
	Yes	99	2.13	1.25/3.66	0.692	0.34/1.41
Chronicity (n = 326)	No chronic disease	71	1		1		0.002
	With chronic disease	255	0.41	0.23/0.76	1.24	0.55/2.82
Sex (n = 331)	Men	108	1.13	0.65/1.94	2.10	1.15/3.82	0.038
	Women	223	1		1
Migration status (Country of birth) (n = 329)	Yes (Other country)	3.4	1		1		0.882
	No (Spain)	295	1.21	0.54/2.75	1.03	0.41/2.59
Educational level (n = 323)	Primary or less	161	1		1		0.667
	Secondary or higher education	162	1.17	0.72/1.93	1.28	0.72/2.30
Social risk global assessment (Gijón Questionnaire) (n = 283)	Risk free	188	1		1		0.005
	At risk or with socio-familial problems	95	0.49	0.27/0.9	1.36	0.73/1.37
Institution (n = 325)	Elderly residence	7	Not included in this analysis *				0.005
	Prison facilities	47	1.06	0.49/2.28	2.53	1.15/5.54
	Alcohol withdrawal centre	17	0.56	0.13/2.39	3.75	1.19/11.78
	No	267	1		1
Residence area (n = 325)	Rural	208	1		1		0.782
	Urban or peri-urban	123	0.83	0.50/1.40	0.88	0.49/1.60
Low level of income (n = 307)	Yes	205	1.02	0.60/1.72	2.6	1.28/5.28	0.012
	No	102	1		1
Live alone (n = 324)	Yes	84	1		1		0.167
	No	240	1.69	0.95/3.00	1.06	0.56/2.01
Absence of social relationships (n = 326)	Yes	60	1		1		0.838
	No	320	1.55	0.25/9.43	1.77	0.18/17.34
Inadequate housing (n = 327)	Yes	61	1		1		0.328
	No	266	1.54	0.80/2.95	0.96	0.48/1.94

RRRc: Crude relative risk ratio. * Those institutionalized in a nursing home were eliminated due to the low number of observations.