Table 3.

Initial models predicting change in SPPB from evaluation to discharge from the SNF.

*Model	Predictor of Interest	Parameter Estimate (SE)	p-value	Model R2
1	Body mass index, kg/m2	−0.02 (0.03)	0.43	0.20
2	Skilled nursing facility length of stay, d	−0.03 (0.02)	0.14	0.17
3	Hospital length of stay, d	−0.01 (0.05)	0.90	0.15
4	Functional comorbidity index	0.04 (0.13)	0.74	0.19
5	The Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale	−0.02 (0.07)	0.74	0.15
6	Brief Interview for Mental Status	−0.01 (0.08)	0.91	0.13
7	Braden Scale	0.15 (0.10)	0.14	0.17
8	Barthel Activities of Daily Living Index	−0.02 (0.03)	0.53	0.23
9	Total therapy minutes	−0.00 (0.00)	0.71	0.15
10	Medicare priority diagnosis upon admission	−0.03 (0.38)	0.93	0.15
11	Dementia diagnosis	−0.31 (0.76)	0.69	0.15
12	Pain that impacts sleep or activity	−0.40 (0.43)	0.36	0.20
13	Fall with fracture in the past 6 months	0.07 (0.51)	0.90	0.16
14	Fall in the past month	−0.36 (0.38)	0.34	0.15

^*Each model controlled for age, sex, and evaluation value of the SPPB

^**No predictors were significant at the p<0.10 level