Table 4. Multivariate Analysis of Risk of Discharge to a Place Other than Home and Decrease in Katz ADL Score in 114 Older Adults Admitted to an SICU^*.

Variables	Discharged Not Home		KATZ ADL Decreased
	Odds Ratio (95% CI) [Adjusted]	p Value	Odds Ratio (95% CI) [Adjusted]	p Value
SICU delirium	7.20 (1.93–26.82)	0.003	3.41 (0.95–12.19)	0.059
Service		0.279		0.113
Trauma	4.83 (0.99–23.68)	0.052	2.57 (0.54–12.34)	0.238
Vascular
General†	1.66 (0.46–6.03)	0.444	0.65 (0.21–1.99)	0.448
Other‡	1.12 (0.15–8.39)	0.911	4.19 (0.63–27.98)	0.139
Females	2.97 (0.89–9.78)	0.074	5.81 (1.96–17.20)	0.002
Hearing loss	2.47 (0.77–7.89)	0.128	1.63 (0.57–4.61)	0.360
Pre-Katz ADL < 5	1.48 (0.39–5.63)	0.569
IQCODE < 3.31	1.02 (0.23–4.59)	0.971	3.78 (0.88–16.15)	0.073
Mechanical ventilation use	0.76 (0.20–2.83)	0.677	0.45 (0.14–1.45)	0.183
Complication§	1.73 (0.50–5.94)	0.387	1.44 (0.42–5.01)	0.559
Age	1.03 (0.94–1.14)	0.477	1.04 (0.96–1.14)	0.339
APACHE II	1.02 (0.92–1.14	0.671	1.08 (0.97–1.19)	0.148
CCI	0.99 (0.80–1.21)	0.890	1.08 (0.89–1.31)	0.411

^*C statistic for discharge placement model = 0.83; C statistic for functional ability model = 0.81.

^†General surgery category includes colorectal, surgical oncology, and GI surgical services.

^‡Other category includes otorhinolaryngology, oral/maxillofacial, urology, gynecology/oncology, orthopedics, and plastic surgical services.

^§The type and number of SICU complications in the study population included cardiac arrhythmias (n = 19), pneumonia (n = 7), reintubation (n = 7), urinary tract infection (n = 6), acute renal failure (n = 6), GI bleeding (n = 6), deep vein thrombosis (n = 5), myocardial infarction (n = 4), suspected adverse drug event (n = 4), sepsis (n = 3), pulmonary emboli (n = 3), cerebral vascular accident (n = 2), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (n = 1).