Table 5.

Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses for discharge to home with or without skilled assistance

	Univariable analysis			Multivariable analysis
Factor	β	SE	p	β	SE	p
Age	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.84
Marital status||	0.93	0.81	<0.001	0.85	0.412	0.04
Gender	−0.28	0.123	0.33	‡
BMI	−0.02	0.03	0.54	‡
Housing	0.56	0.59	0.19	‡
Living status	0.51	0.29	0.13	‡
PLOF¶	−0.97	0.21	<0.001	−0.47	0.22	0.04
Change in hemoglobin level	−0.11	0.12	0.38	‡
Change in hematocrit level	−0.05	0.03	0.07	−0.02	0.03	0.58
ln (LOS)	1.74	0.32	<0.001	1.46	0.34	<0.001
sqrt (Gait)	−0.09	0.03	<0.001	0.03	0.04	0.59
Assistive device	0.50	0.19	0.001	−0.37	0.28	0.19
Balance Score	−0.30	0.09	<0.001	−0.09	0.13	0.48
Total fluid volume	0.01	0.00	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.57
Pain Day 0	−0.01	0.14	0.92	‡
Pain Day 1	−0.05	0.13	0.95	‡
Radiculopathy	−0.12	0.30	0.69	‡
Comorbidity	0.17	0.08	0.03	−0.06	0.11	0.61
Dependency score	0.74	0.10	0.01	0.66	0.35	0.06

^‡Not included in multivariable analysis as they were not significant in univariable analysis, p<0.1 for univariable and p<0.05 for multivariable in bold,

^||(0: married, 1: single (reference category)),

^¶(0: dependent, 1: modified dependent, 2: independent (reference category)).