Table 3.

Reported and Confirmed Elder Self-Neglect and the Risk of Emergency Room Utilization

	Reported Self-Neglect
	Risk Ratio (RR), 95% Confidence Intervals
	Model A	Model B	Model C	Model D
Age	1.03 (1.03–1.04)	1.03 (1.03–1.04)	1.02 (1.02–1.03)	1.02 (1.01–1.02)
Men	1.09 (1.06–1.13)	1.11 (1.07–1.15)	1.07 (1.03–1.10)	1.12 (1.08–1.16)
Black	1.12 (1.08–1.16)	1.09 (1.06–1.14)	1.01 (0.97–1.05)	0.96 (0.92–0.99)
Education	0.98 (0.97–0.98)	0.98 (0.97–0.98)	0.99 (0.99–0.99)	0.99 (0.99–0.99)
Income	0.93 (0.93–0.94)	0.94 (0.93–0.94)	0.94 (0.94–0.95)	0.95 (0.94–0.96)
Medical Conditions		1.29 (1.27–1.31)	1.28 (1.26–1.30)	1.25 (1.23–1.26)
Cognitive Function			0.79 (0.77–0.81)	0.85 (0.83–0.87)
Physical Function				0.95 (0.94–0.95)
ED Utilization for Reported Self-Neglect	1.75 (1.68–1.83) +	1.52 (1.46–1.59) +	1.52 (1.45–1.59) +	1.41 (1.34–1.48) +

	Confirmed Elder Self-Neglect
	Risk Ratio (RR), 95% Confidence Intervals
	Model A	Model B	Model C	Model D
Age	1.03 (1.03–1.04)	1.03 (1.03–1.04)	1.02 (1.02–1.03)	1.02 (1.02–1.02)
Men	1.09 (1.06–1.13)	1.10 (1.07–1.15)	1.07 (1.03–1.11)	1.12 (1.08–1.16)
Black	1.14 (1.09–1.18)	1.11 (1.07–1.15)	1.02 (0.98–1.06)	0.97 (0.93–1.00)
Education	0.98 (0.97–0.98)	0.98 (0.97–0.98)	0.99 (0.99–0.99)	0.99 (0.99–0.99)
Income	0.93 (0.93–0.94)	0.94 (0.93–0.94)	0.94 (0.94–0.95)	0.95 (0.95–0.96)
Medical Conditions		1.29 (1.28–1.32)	1.29 (1.27–1.31)	1.25 (1.23–1.27)
Cognitive Function			0.79 (0.77–0.81)	0.85 (0.83–0.87)
Physical Function				0.95 (0.94–1.51)
ED Utilization for Confirmed Self-Neglect	1.81 (1.73–1.89) +	1.58 (1.50–1.65) +	1.57 (1.49–1.65) +	1.43 (1.36–1.51) +

Note:

⁺p<0.001

Note: Comparison were between reported and confirmed self-neglect compared to the 5699 older adults in the non-reported group