Table 4.
Health-related OPQOL sub-score as predictor of any fall, nursing home placement and death at multivariate analyses.
| Adverse health outcomes | Health-related OPQOL sub-score (lowest quartile vs rest) Model adjusted for: age, sex, education, income, living status, CIRS m score, dementia, depression, severe dependence in the BADLs, frailty syndrome (n = 210) |
Health-related OPQOL sub-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) |
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| Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P | |
| Any fall | 2.36 (1.16-4.82) | 0.018 | ||
| Nursing home placement | 10.03 (1.25-80.54) | 0.030 | ||
| Death | 4.23 (1.06-16.81) | 0.041 | ||
Notes: OPQOL = Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire; CIRS m = Cumulative Illness Rating Scale morbidity; BADL = basic activities of daily living; CI = confidence interval.