Table 3.
Multivariate Models: Association between Caregiving and Death or Rehospitalization at 1 Year among Hospitalized Medical Cardiovascular Service Patients
| Death or Rehospitalization at 1 Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Model 1: Bivariate | Model 2: Demographic Adjusted | Model 3: Demographic/Comorbidity Adjusted | Model 4: Fully Adjusted |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Had a Paid Caregivera | 2.46 (1.96–3.09) | 2.19 (1.71–2.81) | 1.87 (1.45–2.40) | 1.64 (1.26–2.12) |
| Had an Informal Caregivera | 1.40 (1.18–1.65) | 1.34 (1.13–1.59) | 1.23 (1.03–1.47) | 1.20 (1.00–1.44) |
| Age ≥65 years | 1.42 (1.22–1.65) | 1.30 (1.12–1.52) | 1.22 (1.04–1.43) | |
| Minority Race/Ethnicity | 1.09 (0.93–1.27) | 1.06 (0.90–1.24) | 1.10 (0.93–1.30) | |
| Men | 1.04 (0.89–1.21) | 1.01 (0.87–1.18) | 1.04 (0.89–1.22) | |
| No Health Insurance | 1.40 (1.12–1.75) | 1.32 (1.05–1.66) | 1.32 (1.05–1.66) | |
| Ghali Comorbidity Index Score >1 | 2.08 (1.78–2.43) | 1.79 (1.52–2.10) | ||
| ≥9 Medications | 1.79 (1.52–2.11) | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1.15 (0.97–1.36) | |||
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | 1.07 (0.77–1.48) | |||
| Hypertension (history) | 0.96 (0.80–1.15) | |||
a
Referent group=Have no caregiver; Patients who reported having both paid and informal caregivers [n=120] were categorized as having a paid caregiver