Table 2.
Multivariable multinomial regression model showing the association between social support and frailty transition categories in the total population.
| Total N = 907 |
Frailty transition categories | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable non-frail | Stable frail | Improvement | Worsening | Death | ||
| Number of events N (%) | ||||||
| Social support | ||||||
| Strong | 268 | 162 (60.4%) | 34 (12.7%) | 13 (4.9%) | 25 (9.3%) | 34 (12.7%) |
| Moderate | 419 | 228 (54.4%) | 67 (16.0%) | 38 (9.1%) | 42 (10.0%) | 44 (10.5%) |
| Poor | 220 | 100 (45.5%) | 42 (19.1%) | 15 (6.8%) | 31 (14.1%) | 32 (14.5%) |
| Crude model RRR (95% CI) | ||||||
| Social support | ||||||
| Moderate | Reference | 1.37 (0.85–2.22) | 1.18 (0.75–1.85) | 1.13 (0.74–1.73) | 0.90 (0.54–1.50) | |
| Poor | Reference | 1.67 (0.98–2.86) | 0.84 (0.48–1.48) | 1.09 (0.66–1.80) | 1.28 (0.73–2.24) | |
| Adjusted model RRR (95% CI) | ||||||
| Social support | ||||||
| Moderate | Reference | 1.06 (0.61–1.84) | 1.11 (0.70–1.77) | 1.05 (0.68–1.63) | 0.82 (0.46–1.46) | |
| Poor | Reference | 1.24 (0.66–2.35) | 0.76 (0.42–1.37) | 0.98 (0.58–1.66) | 1.28 (0.67–2.45) | |
The percentages in the descriptive part of the table are row percentages.
The model is adjusted for age, gender, partner status, body mass index (BMI), Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations (CASMIN), self-rated health (SRH), polypharmacy, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI).