Table 2.
Mental and social factors associated with worse self-rated health in institutionalized older persons.
| Factor | Subjects | OR* (95% CI) |
| Cognitive status | 484 | |
| Normal | 1 | |
| Impaired | 1.01 (0.60 – 1.72) | |
| Depressive symptoms | 588 | |
| Normal | 1 | |
| Mild | 4.04 (2.50 – 6.60) | |
| Moderate/severe | 10.45 (5.84 – 18.68) | |
| Vision | 556 | |
| Good/mild | 1 | |
| Moderate/severe | 2.05 (1.36 – 3.08) | |
| Audition | 542 | |
| Good/mild | 1 | |
| Moderate/severe | 1.21 (0.74 – 1.98) | |
| Internal contacts | 619 | |
| Frequent/normal | 1 | |
| Rare/nothing | 1.42 (1.03 – 1.97) | |
| External contacts | 617 | |
| Daily/weekly/monthly | 1 | |
| Lower than monthly/nothing | 1.08 (0.82 – 1.42) | |
| Relatives in facility | 622 | |
| Yes | 1 | |
| No | 0.73 (0.48 – 1.12) |
* Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of worse health perception for each category compared to the corresponding reference group (normal cognition, no depressive symptoms, good/mild vision and audition, and present of internal, external contacts, and relatives in facility), adjusted for sex, age, education, type of facility, number of chronic conditions, and functional dependency.