Table 3.
Determinants of Assistive Technology Use for Any Activity of Daily Living Limitation (n = 202)
| Determinant | Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) | |
|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted* | |
| Predisposing factors | ||
| Age | 1.05 (1.02–1.08) | 1.00 (0.96–1.04) |
| Education† | ||
| 1–11 years | 2.52 (1.27–5.00) | 1.29 (0.50–3.32) |
| High school graduate or General Educational Development | 1.60 (0.76–3.39) | 1.61 (0.61–4.23) |
| College graduate or beyond | 1.00 — | 1.00 — |
| Enabling factors | ||
| Married or life partner | 0.52 (0.29–0.92) | 0.48 (0.22–1.05) |
| Receives personal care | 8.65 (4.40–16.98) | 7.17 (3.33–15.47) |
| Medicare beneficiary | 3.44 (1.73–6.87) | 1.66 (0.63–4.36) |
| Medicaid beneficiary | 2.61 (1.33–5.12) | 1.30 (0.55–3.14) |
| Need factors | ||
| Number of chronic conditions | 1.22 (1.12–1.34) | 1.21 (1.08–1.35) |
| Short Physical Performance Battery | 0.83 (0.75–0.93) | 0.87 (0.76–0.99) |
*
Model R-squared = 0.32, P≤.0001; Hosmer & Lemeshow goodness of fit test chi-square (χ2) = 3.36, degrees of freedom = 8, prob >χ2 =0.91.
†
Reference group = college graduate or beyond.