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. 2009 May 12;64B(4):528–537. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbp028

Table 4.

Unstandardized Coefficients From General Linear and Logistic Regression Models for Indicators of Subjective Health and Psychological Well-being

Self-rated health
CESD-20
Positive affect (absence of)
Somatic subscale
Main Effects
Interactionsa
Observer rating, life (not) excitingb
b p Value b p Value b p Value b p Value b p Value OR 95% CI
Religious attendance −.02 .316 −.00 .898 −.00 .933 .00 .807 −.004 .230 .99 0.98, 1.00
    Attendance × Disability .001 .053
Deeply religious −2.63 .004 −.70 .044 −1.59 .000 .30 .000 .16 .152 .49 0.31, 0.78
    Deeply × Disability .004 .032
Comfort from religion 1.51 .198 −.35 .412 1.13 .041 −.23 .042 −.50 .001 1.44 0.80, 2.56
    Comfort × Disability .006 .008
Male −.01 .996 .46 .318 −.07 .906 −.05 .677 .96 0.52, 1.77
Age .09 .310 .05 .127 .05 .185 .00 .981 1.02 0.97, 1.06
Education −.17 .246 −.01 .842 −.03 .687 .01 .347 1.04 0.97, 1.12
White 1.30 .376 .60 .232 .67 .297 −.08 .569 .68 0.33, 1.37
Low income 4.72 .011 1.60 .012 1.93 .019 −.42 .016 1.50 0.63, 3.57
Not married 2.14 .103 1.09 .021 .27 .654 −.08 .529 1.95 0.96, 3.94
Functional disability .08 .000 .02 .010 .03 .003 −.01 .000 1.02 1.01, 1.03
Prescription drugs .29 .110 −.03 .687 .06 .445 −.04 .023 1.04 0.96, 1.14
Hospital stay −.54 .669 −.29 .530 .10 .857 −.05 .663 .65 0.34, 1.26
Nursing home stay .28 .871 1.08 .088 −.56 .489 .31 .055 1.79 0.80, 3.96
Week in bed 3.84 .041 .64 .343 1.64 .058 −.38 .034 1.22 0.49, 3.05
Intercept 3.81 .610 .73 .782 .14 .967 3.37 .000 –2.13 p = .277
Likelihood ratio χ2 71.42 p = .000
R2 .20 .19 .17 .20
N 316 257 257 324 324 296

Notes: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; CESD-20 = 20-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.

a

Parameter estimates are shown for main effects and interaction terms from three separate models that include all covariates.

b

Logistic regression.