Table 2.

Association (Odds Ratio and 95% Confidence Interval) of Personality Traits with Elder Self-Neglect

	Reported Self-Neglect			Confirmed Self-Neglect
	A	B	C	A	B	C
Neuroticism	1.03 (1.00–1.05)	1.01 (0.99–1.04)	1.01 (0.98–1.02)	1.02 (1.00–1.05)	1.01 (0.98–1.04)	1.00 (0.98–1.03)
Wald chi-squared, P	4.78, 0.03	0.99, 0.32	0.22, 0.54	2.79, 0.09	0.40, 0.81	1.01, 0.31
Extraversion	0.97 (0.94–0.99)	0.98 (0.95–1.00)	0.98 (0.95–1.01)	0.96 (0.93–0.99)	0.97 (0.94–0.99)	0.97 (0.94–1.00)
Wald chi-squared, P	5.71, 0.02	3.31, 0.07	2.04, 0.15	7.61, 0.01	5.55, 0.02	3.47, 0.06
Information Processing	0.96 (0.93–0.99)	0.97 (0.93–1.01)	0.98 (0.94–1.02)	0.95 (0.91–0.99)	0.95 (0.91–0.99)	0.96 (0.92–1.00)
Wald chi-squared, P	3.87, 0.05	2.48, 0.12	1.31, 0.22	5.63, 0.02	4.81, 0.03	2.72, 0.07
Rigidity	1.01 (0.97–1.05)	0.99 (0.96–1.04)	0.99 (0.95–1.04)	1.02 (0.98–1.06)	1.01 (0.97–1.06)	1.01 (0.96–1.05)
Wald chi-squared, P	0.24, 0.63	0.00, 0.96	0.09, 0.75	0.07, 0.40	0.23, 0.63	0.03, 0.82

Logistic regression analyses were used for elder self-neglect outcomes

1. age, sex, race, education and income

2. A + medical comorbidities, cognitive function and physical function

3. B + social network and social engagement

Note: DF = 1 for all tests in Table 2