Table 4.

Multivariable associations between aids, type of network, sociodemographic, and clinical variables

Variables	Aids – logistic regression
	Mobility (wheelchair, stair lifter, walking stick, crutch, walker)				Nursing personal hygiene (nursing bed, nursing covers, nursing insets, toilet chair, toilet seat, bathtub seat, bath lifter, handles, decubitus mattress)				Medical (sphygmomanometer, blood glucose meter, breath intake meter)				Sensory (hearing aid, glasses)
	OR	95% CI		P-value	OR	95% CI		P-value	OR	95% CI		P-value	OR	95% CI		P-value
Sex (female)	1.771	1.097	2.857	0.019	2.747	1.801	4.190	≤0.001	0.648	0.365	1.152	0.140	0.539	0.232	1.252	0.151
Age	0.919	0.885	0.953	≤0.001	0.935	0.913	0.958	≤0.001	0.999	0.967	1.031	0.955	0.947	0.910	0.985	0.007
Number comorbidities	1.445	1.233	1.692	≤0.001	1.376	1.213	1.562	≤0.001	1.274	1.142	1.422	≤0.001	1.089	0.870	1.362	0.455
Functional status (IADL)	0.704	0.630	0.785	≤0.001	0.611	0.505	0.740	≤0.001	1.058	0.9233	1.212	0.416	1.335	0.998	1.785	0.051
Network (physician)	0.990	0.602	1.625	0.968	0.664	0.362	1.221	0.188	1.414	0.803	2.489	0.230	2.110	1.042	4.274	0.038
Region (rural)	1.619	0.709	3.698	0.252	1.940	0.594	6.337	0.272	0.969	0.694	1.353	0.857	2.400	0.811	7.106	0.114

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; IADL, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; OR, odds ratio.