Table 3.

Hazard ratios for the association between improvement in bed mobility or transferring positions and hospitalization for urinary tract infection, by patient characteristics.¹

Characteristic at Time of SNF Admission	Number	Percent that improved mobility	Hazard Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Wheelchair primary mode of locomotion	167,146	27.0%	0.62	0.56, 0.70
Bedfast all or most of time	9,380	14.2%	0.43	0.22, 0.81
Missing limb	4,502	22.3%	0.20	0.06, 0.64
Stroke, TIA, or hemiplegia	55,032	21.8%	0.58	0.47, 0.72
Hip fracture	25,854	35.9%	0.46	0.34, 0.62
Multiple sclerosis	607	17.3%	0.46	0.02, 12.14
Paraplegia	625	15.2%	1.05	0.24, 4.64

1. Only patients with assessments of mobility during two time periods were included. Patients with quadriplegia or comatose condition were excluded.