Table 3.

Multivariate Relationship of Resident Characteristics to Adherence^a

Demographic Characteristics (N=6639 observations)	Estimate	SE	P-value
Race, non-white	−10.17	1.94	<0.01
Marital status, married	5.06	1.92	<0.01
Functional Status (N=6635 observations)
Cognitive impairment (≥ 12 on the Blessed Test)	−7.34	1.90	<0.01
Wandering (reference = none)			<0.01
Less than daily	−3.87	2.10	0.07
Daily	4.01	2.10	0.06
Depressed, sad, or anxious mood (reference= no mood indicators)			0.02
Indicators present, easily altered	1.26	1.53	0.41
Indicators present, not easily altered	−4.89	2.12	0.02
Incontinent, bladder (reference = always continent)			0.04
Sometimes incontinent	5.07	2.04	0.01
Frequently or always incontinent	1.62	2.24	0.47
Incontinent, bowel (reference = always continent)			0.01
Sometimes incontinent	−2.07	2.08	0.32
Frequently or always incontinent	−6.30	2.09	0.01
Mobility (reference = independent)			< 0.01
Supervision or limited assistance	0.13	1.94	0.95
Extensive assistance or total dependence	4.90	5.24	0.35
Wheelchair	−7.08	1.61	< 0.01
Activity did not occur	−5.90	7.78	0.45
Health Status (N=6651 observations)
Osteoporosis diagnosis	5.71	1.74	< 0.01
Combined Demographic, Functional and Health Status (N=6618 observations)
Race, non-white	−8.76	1.92	< 0.01
Cognitive impairment (≥ 12 on the Blessed Test)	−6.63	1.87	< 0.01
Wandering (reference = none)			< 0.01
Less than daily	−2.59	2.08	0.21
Daily	5.09	2.08	0.01
Depressed, sad, or anxious mood (reference= no mood indicators)			0.02
Indicators present, easily altered	0.17	1.52	0.91
Indicators present, not easily altered	−5.40	2.11	0.01
Incontinent, bladder (reference = always continent)			0.02
Sometimes incontinent	5.44	2.00	< 0.01
Frequently or always incontinent	1.73	2.20	0.43
Incontinent, bowel (reference = always continent)			0.02
Sometimes incontinent	−2.64	2.05	0.20
Frequently or always incontinent	−5.94	2.06	< 0.01
Mobility (reference = independent)			< 0.01
Supervision or limited assistance	−0.28	1.91	0.88
Extensive assistance or total dependence	2.21	5.16	0.67
Wheelchair	−7.08	1.59	< 0.01
Activity did not occur	−4.74	7.65	0.54
Osteoporosis diagnosis	4.78	1.67	< 0.01

^aOnly those variables significantly associated with adherence in multivariate models are shown; variables that were significant in bivariate models but not in multivariate models were: health status (taking medications for osteoporosis).