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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Sep 30;57(11):2094–2100. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02522.x

Table 2. Frailty According to the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI).

Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)

Sleep Questionnaire n/N (%) Unadjusted Adjusted*
ESS score
 <10 (no drowsiness) 90/279 (32.3) 1.00
 ≥10 (daytime drowsiness) 56/87 (64.4) 3.79 (2.29–6.29) 3.67 (2.03–6.61)
ISI score
 <8 (no insomnia) 81/212 (38.2) 1.00
 8–14 (subthreshold insomnia) 48/122 (39.3) 1.05 (0.66–1.66) 0.89 (0.51–1.55)
 >14 (clinical insomnia) 24/38 (63.2) 2.77 (1.36–5.67) 1.93 (0.81–4.61)
*

Based on a logistic regression model adjusted for age, sex, cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination score <24), number of chronic conditions, self-reported health status, depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score ≥16), and use of a medication with adverse central nervous system effects; a variable for number of medications was entered into the multivariable model but was highly nonsignificant (P > .50) and was deleted from the reported model.

An interaction term crossing the self-reported health status covariate with the ESS main predictor was statistically significant (P = .02) in a separate adjusted model; the odds ratio for the ESS predictor for participants with fair to poor health was 8.92 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.25–24.46), and for those with good to excellent health, it was 2.11 (95% CI = 0.99–4.48).