Table 4.

Adjusted Odds Ratios [95 % Confidence Intervals (CI)] of Non-Compliance with the Hospital Discharge Instructions at 5 Days Post-Discharge Among Adults ≥ 65 who Understood their Discharge Instructions

	Medications	Diet	Exercise
	N = 330	N = 129	N = 45
Age in years	0.96 (0.90, 1.03)	1.06 (0.99, 1.15)	0.97 (0.86, 1.10)
Male sex	0.67 (0.32, 1.49)	1.42 (0.56, 3.65)	1.02 (0.27, 3.80)
Disabilities in ADLS1 ≥ 1	3.44 (1.44, 8.24)	0.38 (0.09, 1.57)	0.70 (0.11, 4.33)
History of depression2	2.29 (1.02, 5.10)	3.30 (1.24, 8.83)	1.01 (0.25, 4.08)

¹Katz’s Activities of Daily Living; ²Self-reported history of diagnosed depression