Table 3.
Characteristics associated with frequent/very frequent admissions: survey respondents (n=102)
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Univariate logistic regression |
Multivariate logistic regression |
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| Variable | Categories | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Gender |
female/male |
0.185 |
0.56 |
0.24 |
1.32 |
0.917 |
0.95 |
0.33 |
2.69 |
| Age at survey |
75+/65-74 |
0.779 |
0.89 |
0.40 |
2.01 |
0.825 |
0.89 |
0.32 |
2.46 |
| Charlson comorbidity |
3+/0-2 |
0.010 |
3.98 |
1.40 |
11.29 |
0.049 |
3.85 |
1.01 |
14.70 |
| CHF |
yes/no |
0.001 |
4.14 |
1.76 |
9.77 |
0.003 |
4.76 |
1.70 |
13.31 |
| COPD |
yes/no |
0.076 |
2.10 |
0.93 |
4.77 |
0.082 |
2.69 |
0.88 |
8.20 |
| Hypertension |
yes/no |
0.207 |
0.58 |
0.25 |
1.35 |
0.098 |
0.36 |
0.11 |
1.21 |
| Coronary artery disease |
yes/no |
0.605 |
0.80 |
0.35 |
1.84 |
0.322 |
1.79 |
0.57 |
5.69 |
| Diabetes |
yes/no |
0.666 |
1.20 |
0.53 |
2.70 |
0.863 |
1.10 |
0.36 |
3.38 |
| Duke social network |
continuous |
0.081 |
0.82 |
0.65 |
1.03 |
0.040 |
0.74 |
0.56 |
0.99 |
| Need help with daily tasks | yes/no | 0.017 | 2.77 | 1.20 | 6.40 | ||||
Only significant survey-based variables were included in the multivariate logistic model.