Table 3.

Hierarchical Multiple Regression Model Predicting Functional Dependence from Geriatric Syndromes^a

Geriatric Syndromes	B	t	95% Confidence Interval Lower Limit Upper Limit		P value
Constant	8.573	11.006			< 0.001
Age	−0.035	−3.339	−0.055	−0.014	0.001
Gender	0.024	0.159	−0.278	0.327	0.874
Major Neurocognitive Disorder	−0.535	−3.218	−0.862	−0.208	0.001
Depression	−0.345	−2.009	−0.683	−0.007	0.045
Polypharmacy	−0.178	−0.967	−0.540	0.184	0.334
Sensory Impairment	−0.191	−0.991	−0.570	0.188	0.323
Musculoskeletal Pain	0.024	0.162	−0.265	0.313	0.871
Dizziness	0.366	2.007	0.019	0.713	0.039
Constipation	−0.351	−1.868	−0.720	0.019	0.063
Urinary Incontinence	−1.337	−7.117	−1.706	−0.967	< 0.001
Insomnia	−0.293	−1.578	−0.659	0.072	0.116
Recurrent Falls	0.084	0.355	−0.381	0.548	0.723

Notes: ^aAge and gender were entered into Model 1, then Major Neurocognitive Disorder was added to Model 2 before the rest of the GS being added to the final model (Model 3).