Table 3.
Multivariate regression analysis of predicators of quality of life of nursing home residents using CLAD model
| Comfort | Dignity | Food Enjoyment | Autonomy | Security | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficients | CI | Coefficients | CI | Coefficients | CI | Coefficients | CI | Coefficients | CI | |
| Age | ||||||||||
| < 80 | 0.05 | (−0.44, 0.54) | 0.14 | (−0.10, 0.38) | 0.13 | (−0.55, 0.80) | 0.08 | (−0.31, 0.46) | 0.03 | (−0.17, 0.23) |
| ≥ 80 | ||||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 0.17 | (−0.34, 0.69) | 0.10 | (−0.14, 0.34) | −0.42 | (−1.10, 0.26) | 0.26 | (−0.74, 0.21) | 0.11 | (−0.09, 0.31) |
| Female | ||||||||||
| Race | ||||||||||
| Chinese | 0.47 | (−0.13, 1.08) | −0.06 | (−0.40, 0.27) | 0.04 | (−0.76, 0.84) | 0.58 | (−0.01, 1.18) | 0.13 | (−0.16, 0.41) |
| Non-Chinese | ||||||||||
| Marital Status | ||||||||||
| With partner | −0.46 | (−1.11, 0.18) | 0.04 | (−0.25, 0.34) | −0.25 | (−1.19, 0.69) | 0.13 | (−0.51, 0.78) | −0.04 | (−0.30, 0.21) |
| No partner | ||||||||||
| Education | ||||||||||
| No or low education | 0.54 | (−0.01, 1.08) | 0.09 | (−0.17, 0.35) | 0.17 | (−0.36, 1.37) | 0.13 | (−0.33, 0.60) | −0.12 | (−0.34, 0.11) |
| Higher education | ||||||||||
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Religion | 0.24 | (−0.39, 0.88) | −0.06 | (−0.43, 0.32) | −0.13 | (−1.26, 0.90) | 0.11 | (−0.69, 0.91) | −0.02 | (−0.37, 0.32) |
| No religion | ||||||||||
| Length of stay | ||||||||||
| < 2 years | 0.21 | (−0.43, 0.85) | −0.11 | (−0.35, 0.13) | 0.06 | (−0.88, 1.26) | −0.26 | (−0.74, 0.21) | 0.06 | (−0.14, 0.27) |
| ≥ 2 years | ||||||||||
| Depression | ||||||||||
| No depression | 1.67 | (0.71, 2.62) | 0.75 | (0.26, 1.23) | 1.21 | (0.13, 2.51) | 0.68 | (0.02, 1.38) | 0.48 | (0.07, 0.89) |
| Minor depression | 1.31 | (0.29, 2.33) | 0.40 | (−0.15, 0.95) | 1.13 | (0.30, 2.54) | 0.43 | (−0.56, 1.43) | 0.31 | (−0.15, 0.77) |
| Major depression | ||||||||||
| Comorbidities | ||||||||||
| < 3 | −0.16 | (−0.66, 0.33) | −0.09 | (−0.35, 0.17) | 0.13 | (−0.27, 1.37) | 0.04 | (−0.41, 0.48) | −0.17 | (−0.39, 0.04) |
| ≥ 3 | ||||||||||
| ADL status | ||||||||||
| Independent in 0–3 ADLs | −0.32 | (−0.80, 0.16) | −0.16 | (−0.40, 0.07) | −0.08 | (−0.80, 0.34) | −0.32 | (−0.80, −0.16) | −0.19 | (−0.38, 0.01) |
| Independent in 4–6 ADLs | ||||||||||
| AMT score | ||||||||||
| AMT ≤6 | −0.10 | (−0.54, 0.34) | 0.07 | (−0.18, 0.31) | −0.42 | (−1.06, −0.13) | −0.06 | (−0.50, 0.38) | 0.14 | (−0.07, 0.34) |
| AMT >6 | ||||||||||
| Social contact | ||||||||||
| With social contact | −0.33 | (−0.96, 0.31) | 0.01 | (−0.29, 0.31) | 0.29 | (−0.46, 1.04) | 0.08 | (−0.51, 0.66) | 0.02 | (−0.24, 0.27) |
| No or lack of social contact | ||||||||||
| History of being restrained | ||||||||||
| Yes | −0.42 | (−1.12, 0.27) | −0.03 | (−0.40, 0.33) | −0.25 | (1.15, −0.44) | −0.17 | (−0.96, 0.62) | −0.14 | (−0.47, 0.18) |
| No | ||||||||||
| History of falls | ||||||||||
| Yes | −0.27 | (−0.87, 0.27) | −0.19 | (−0.48, 0.09) | 0.08 | (−0.34, 1.01) | 0.25 | (−0.23, 0.72) | 0.04 | (−0.20, 0.28) |
| No | ||||||||||
| Difficulty in communication with staff | ||||||||||
| No difficulty | −0.12 | (−0.80, 0.57) | 0.95 | (0.60, 1.29) | 0.21 | (−0.84, 1.31) | 0.81 | (0.24, 1.38) | 0.50 | (0.20, 0.80) |
| Difficulty | ||||||||||
| Nursing homes | ||||||||||
| 1 | −0.50 | (−1.36, 0.36) | −0.69 | (−1.10, −0.27) | −0.71 | (−2.02, 0.60) | 0.43 | (−0.38, 1.25) | 0.10 | (−0.23, 0.44) |
| 2 | 0.08 | (−0.84, 0.99) | −0.09 | (−0.52, 0.34) | −0.13 | (−1.43, 1.18) | 0.57 | (−0.21, 1.35) | −0.09 | (−0.43, 0.26) |
| 3 | 0.50 | (−0.78, 0.88) | −0.36 | (−0.74, −0.02) | −0.33 | (−1.43, 0.76) | −0.31 | (−0.99, 0.38) | 0.13 | (−0.21, 0.46) |
| 4 | −0.46 | (−1.30, 0.37) | −0.19 | (−0.62, 0.24) | −0.38 | (−1.65, 0.90) | 0.69 | (0.15, 1.28) | −0.02 | (−0.35, 0.32) |
| 5 | −0.41 | (−1.27, 0.44) | −0.04 | (−0.46, 0.38) | 0.08 | (−1.20, 1.37) | 0.30 | (−0.41, 1.02) | 0.21 | (−0.13, 0.55) |
| 6 | ||||||||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.081 | 0.107 | 0.082 | 0.131 | 0.124 | |||||
CLAD censored least absolute deviations, CI confidence interval. Boldness indicates statistically significant difference at p<0.05