Table 3.

Association of Living Alone with Lack of Improvement in ADL Function and Nursing Home Placement in the Month After Hospital Discharge

			Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Adverse Outcome	Population at Risk	Number with Outcome (%)	Unadjusted	Age-Adjusted	Base Model	Base Model with Gender*
No improvement in ADL function	130†	68 (53)	2.68 (1.26 to 5.67)	2.78 (1.30 to 5.93)	3.01 (1.26 to 7.18)‡	3.10 (1.27 to 7.54)
Admitted to nursing home	288	14 (5)	2.45 (0.80 to 7.51)	2.38 (0.77 to 7.35)	3.47 (1.01 to 11.90)§	2.98 (0.84 to 10.53)

^*Gender added as covariate to base model for each outcome.

^†Indicates the number of patients with activity of daily living (ADL) dependency at discharge, excluding 34 patients who were dependent at discharge but lacked 1-month outcomes.

^‡Adjusted for age, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), prehospital assistive device use, and discharge ADL function. Discharge ADL function categorized as ADL score of 5 versus <5. Mini-Mental State Examination used as continuous variable.

^§Adjusted for age, MMSE, and ADL function at discharge. Discharge ADL function categorized as ADL score of 6, 5, or <5. Mini-Mental State Examination used as continuous variable.