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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Aug;19(8):743–751. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3182006a53

Table 4.

Interaction Terms of Personality Traits with Health, Psychological and Social Factors

Reported Self-Neglect Self-Neglect Severity
Interaction Terms: PE SE Wald Chi-Sq P PE SE t-value df P
Neuroticism X
Medical Conditions 0.02 0.01 3.27 0.07 0.21 0.09 2.42 1322 0.02
Cognitive Function 0.00 0.00 2.39 0.12 −0.03 0.02 −1.31 1270 0.19
Physical Function −0.01 0.01 0.40 0.53 0.08 0.08 1.06 1322 0.29
Social Network −0.00 0.00 0.36 0.55 −0.00 0.01 −0.29 1322 0.77
Social Engagement 0.00 0.01 0.26 0.61 −0.07 0.05 −1.36 1321 0.17
Extraversion X
Medical Conditions −0.01 0.01 0.39 0.53 −0.01 0.09 −0.70 1322 0.48
Cognitive Function −0.00 0.00 1.49 0.22 0.02 0.02 0.96 1270 0.33
Physical Function 0.01 0.01 0.47 0.49 −0.07 0.08 −0.88 1322 0.38
Social Network −0.00 0.01 0.00 0.99 −0.01 0.02 −0.27 1322 0.79
Social Engagement 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.82 0.09 0.06 1.48 1321 0.14
Information Processing X
Medical Conditions −0.00 0.02 0.00 0.94 0.02 0.14 0.14 1320 0.89
Cognitive Function −0.01 0.00 3.81 0.05 0.03 0.03 1.10 1267 0.27
Physical Function 0.03 0.02 2.12 0.15 −0.07 0.11 −0.61 1319 0.54
Social Network 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.81 −0.01 0.02 −0.24 1319 0.81
Social Engagement 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.92 0.07 0.08 0.83 1318 0.41
Rigidity X
Medical Conditions 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.84 0.21 0.14 1.47 1316 0.14
Cognitive Function −0.01 0.00 1.71 0.19 0.03 0.03 0.99 1264 0.32
Physical Function 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.92 −0.02 0.12 −0.15 1316 0.88
Social Network 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.87 −0.02 0.02 −0.93 1316 0.35
Social Engagement 0.02 0.01 2.22 0.14 0.06 0.08 0.76 1315 0.45

All Interactions terms were adjusted for the core variables of age, sex, race, education and income, specific personality trait and the specific health related variables, and interaction terms (personality traits × health related variables)

Logistic regression analyses were used for the reported elder self-neglect outcomes (df=1 for these tests)

Linear regression analyses were used for the self-neglect severity outcomes

PE: Parameter Estimates

SE: Standard Errors