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. 2011 Sep 5;9:72. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-72

Table 3.

OPQOL score as predictor of any fall and any ED admission at multivariate analyses.

Adverse health outcomes OPQOL score (lowest quartile vs rest)
Model adjusted for:
age, sex,
education, income, living status,
CIRS m score, dementia, depression,
any fall in the past year
(n = 184)
OPQOL score (lowest quartile vs rest)
Model adjusted for:
age, sex,
education, income, living status,
CIRS m score, dementia, depression,
any ED admission in the past year
(n = 184)
Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Odds Ratio (95% CI) P

Any fall 2.16 (1.03-4.54) 0.042
Any ED admission 2.21 (1.05-4.67) 0.037

Notes: OPQOL = Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire; CIRS m = Cumulative Illness Rating Scale morbidity; ED = emergency department; CI = confidence interval.