Table 2.
Adjusted relative risk of univariate association of variables with total acute health care use, plus final multivariable model
| Variables | Total acute care use Adjusted RR with 95% CI |
Reference value (Relative risk = 1.0) |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 0.88 (0.65–1.18) | Male |
| Age 75–84 years | 0.99 (0.74–1.32) | Age 65–74 |
| Age 85+ | 0.97 (0.66–1.42) | |
| 2–4 Comorbidities | 1.46 (0.91–2.34) | 0–1 |
| 5 and more comorbidities | 1.56 (0.96–2.54) | |
| Social Support Index (SSI) <63 | 1.23 (0.91–1.68) | ≥63 |
| ‘Have you needed more help than usual in the last 24 h’ Yes | 0.91 (0.69–1.22) | No |
| ‘Have you been hospitalised for one or more night during the past 6 months?’ No | 1.00 (0.63–1.57) | Yes |
| ‘In general, do you have serious problems with your vision that cannot be corrected by glasses?’ Yes | 0.93 (0.65–1.34) | No |
| ED visits in the last 3 months: No | 1.20 (0.81–1.77) | Yes |
| Frailty Score 2–3: ‘well’ to ‘well with comorbidities’ | 1.14 (0.78–1.66) | Very fit (1) |
| Frailty Score 4–6: ‘apparently vulnerable’ to ‘moderately frail’ | 1.47 (0.94–2.31) | |
| MoCA < 23 or TICS < 31: Yes | 1.58 (1.20–2.08)* | No |
| Falls efficacy scale: ≥ 9.8 | 1.04 (0.79–1.37) | <9.8 |
| No falls in the last 3 months | 0.97 (0.70–1.35) | 1 or more falls |
| Pain: <7/10 | 1.06 (0.74–1.50) | Pain ≥7/100 |
| Mechanism: falls from greater than own height | 1.01 (0.65–1.59) | Falls from own height |
| Motor vehicle collision | 1.57 (0.88–2.80) | |
| Pedestrian struck or recreational injury (e.g. skiing, cycling) | 1.56 (1.13–2.16)* | |
| Contusion: Yes | 1.01 (0.77–1.32) | No contusion |
| Sprain: Yes | 1.09 (0.74–1.60) | No sprain |
| Laceration: Yes | 0.87 (0.63–1.22) | No laceration |
| Fracture: Yes | 1.13 (0.82–1.56) | No fracture |
| Concussion: Yes | 0.97 (0.66–1.42) | No |
| Live alone: Yes | 1.12 (0.85–1.46) | Live alone: No |
| General practitioner visits in the last 3 months: ≥3 | 1.30 (0.88–1.91) | <3 Visits |
*
Retained in final multivariable model.