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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Gerontol. 2011 Jun;30(3):304–331. doi: 10.1177/0733464810366564

Table 4.

Univariate Logistic Regression Results for Patients who Discontinued Follow-up by 6 Months

Variable Number of observations used in the analysis P value Odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Gender (patient)a 64
 Male 0.410 1.54 (0.55, 4.30)
Distance to telehealth (one way)b 64
 50–99 KM 0.084 3.65 (0.84, 15.84)
 ≥ 100 KM 0.014 8.75 (1.55, 49.33)
Distance saved by telehealth (one way) c 64
100–199 KM 0.060 0.11 (0.01, 1.09)
≥ 200 KM 0.087 0.13 (0.01, 1.34)
Satisfaction Score 64 0.024 0.88 (0.78, 0.98)
Clinic day SF-12 Physical Component score 60 0.213 0.97 (0.92, 1.02)
Clinic day SF-12 Mental Component score 60 0.140 1.05 (0.98, 1.13)
Stage of Dementiad 56
 Mild dementia 0.062 3.49 (0.94, 12.99)
 Moderate/ severe dementia 0.911 1.09 (0.25, 4.62)
Patient age groupe 64
 70–79 years 0.459 1.78 (0.38, 8.27)
 ≥ 80 years 0.032 5.12 (1.15, 22.73
Caregiver age groupf 60
 50–59 years 0.359 0.46 (0.09, 2.41)
 ≥ 60 years 0.346 1.87 (0.51, 6.83)
Clinic Day caregiver burdeng 61 0.003 0.87 (0.80, 0.95)
Clinic day caregiver psychological distressh 61 0.143 0.96 (0.92, 1.01)
a

Gender (patient): reference is female

b

Distance to telehealth: reference is < 49 KM

c

Distance saved by telehealth: reference is <99 KM

d

Stage of Dementia: reference is very mild dementia

e

Patient age group: reference is <70 years

f

Caregiver age group: reference is <50 years

g

Zarit Burden Interview (12-item)

h

Brief Symptom Inventory (Global Severity Index score)