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. 2012 Nov;35(6):503–526. doi: 10.1179/2045772312Y.0000000058

Table 6.

Prediction of rehospitalization between DC and 1 year post-injury and pressure sore(s) at 1 year post-injury

Outcome Rehospitalized
Pressure sore(s)
Observations used 950:Yes = 343, No = 607 936:Yes = 128, No = 808
Step 1: Pt characteristics: c statistic/Max R2 0.63/0.08 0.60/0.03
Step 2: Pt characteristics + treatments: c statistic/Max R2 0.73/0.19 0.73/0.15
Step 3: Pt characteristics + treatments + center identity: c statistic/Max R2 0.73/0.20 0.74/0.17
Independent variables* Parameter estimate Odds ratio P value Parameter estimate Odds ratio P value
Admission FIM motor – Rasch transformed −0.016 0.984 0.034 −0.021 0.979 0.011
Comprehensive severity index 0.011 1.011 <0.001
Occupational status at injury 0.010
 Unemployed/other 0.054 1.056 0.822
 Student −0.780 0.458 0.001
 Retired −0.081 0.923 0.823
 Working (reference) 0.000
Primary payer 0.007
 Medicare 0.616 1.852 0.082
 Medicaid 0.577 1.780 0.003
 Worker's compensation 0.444 1.559 0.081
 Private insurance/pay (reference) 0.000
Patient participation score – PT −0.365 0.694 0.005 −0.480 0.619 0.003
PT hours of specific treatment:
Airway/respiratory management
Education −0.120 0.887 0.011
Gait −0.057 0.945 0.001 −0.151 0.860 0.001
Musculoskeletal treatment modalities 0.059 1.060 0.021
Balance exercises 0.143 1.153 <0.001
Range of motion/stretching exercises −0.036 0.965 0.004
Strengthening exercises −0.040 0.961 <0.001 −0.042 0.959 0.006
Upright activities −0.126 0.882 0.025
Wheelchair mobility – power 0.109 1.115 0.002

*All patient and treatment variables listed in Tables 1 and 2 were allowed to enter the models. Only statistically significant predictors are reported here; a missing variable name means that the variable did not predict any of the outcomes in this table; a blank cell means that the variable was not a significant predictor for the outcome examined.