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. 2010 Feb;45(1):79–97. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01061.x

Table 1.

Resident Characteristics (n=600,580) and Estimates in the Risk-Adjustment Model: The Minimum Data Set of the First Quarter of 2005

Risk Adjustment Model
Resident Characteristic Prevalence (%) or Mean ± SD β-Coefficient Odds Ratio p Value
Urinary and/or fecal incontinence 47.39
Age (years) 80.78 ± 13.07
<65 12.12 −0.510 0.600 .0000
65–74 11.81 −0.200 0.819 .0000
75–84 29.13 0.030 1.031 .0949
≥85 46.94 Reference
Female 70.42 −0.051 0.950 .0003
Age–female interaction
<65 × female 0.330 1.391 .0000
65–74 × female 0.158 1.171 .0000
75–84 × female 0.041 1.042 .0493
≥85 × female Reference
Cognitive skill impairment 53.66 0.621 1.861 .0000
Delirium 38.75 0.064 1.066 .0000
Make self-understood
At least usually 87.00 Reference
Sometimes 11.95 0.386 1.471 .0000
Rarely 1.05 0.699 2.012 .0000
Behavioral symptoms* 20.77 0.098 1.103 .0000
Physically abusive 4.41 0.273 1.312 .0000
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Transfer 0–4 1.83 ± 1.40 0.078 1.081 .0000
Locomotion on unit 0–4 1.49 ± 1.49 0.025 1.025 .0000
Eating 0–4 0.81 ± 1.10 0.164 1.178 .0000
Toilet use 0–4 2.16 ± 1.42 1.117 3.056 .0000
Personal hygiene 0–4 2.30 ± 1.24 0.248 1.282 .0000
Bathing 0–4 2.92 ± 0.95 0.265 1.304 .0000
Intercept −4.854 .0000
c-statistic 0.914
*

Include wandering, and verbally abusive or socially inappropriate/disruptive behaviors.