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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Jan 6;11(2):106–115. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.013

Table 4.

Multivariate Relationship of Facility and Resident Characteristics to Adherence (N=5489 observations)

Estimate SE P-value
Facility Characteristics
Case mix, percent of residents on Medicaid −0.10 0.03 < 0.01
Affiliation , not chain-affiliated 5.05 1.66 < 0.01
Percent rotating workers 0.36 0.08 < 0.01
Organizational leadership, Administrator −1.06 0.30 < 0.01
In-service training last quarter, percent nonprofessionals attended 0.17 0.03 < 0.01
Percent of eligible residents enrolled in HIP PRO −0.47 0.08 < 0.01
Resident Characteristics
Cognitive impairment (≥ 12 on the Blessed Test) −4.05 1.95 0.04
Wandering (reference = none) < 0.01
 Less than daily −3.39 2.19 0.12
 Daily 5.06 2.25 0.03
Depressed, sad, or anxious mood (reference= no mood indicators) < 0.01
 Indicators present, easily altered 1.69 1.61 0.29
 Indicators present, not easily altered −6.90 2.17 < 0.01
Incontinent, bladder (reference = always continent) 0.01
 Sometimes incontinent 1.78 1.99 0.08
 Frequently or always incontinent −3.14 1.80 0.37
Mobility (reference = independent) < 0.01
 Supervision or limited assistance 1.43 2.03 0.48
 Extensive assistance or total dependence 3.24 5.27 0.54
 Wheelchair −4.69 1.66 < 0.01
 Activity did not occur −5.48 7.57 0.47