Table 4.

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

*Model	Predictor of Interest	Parameter Estimate (SE)	p-value	Model R2
1	Body mass index, kg/m2	0.00 (0.00)	0.46	0.20
2	Skilled nursing facility length of stay, d	−0.00 (0.00)	0.44	0.15
3	Hospital length of stay, d	0.01 (0.01)	0.35	0.16
4	Functional comorbidity index	0.00 (0.02)	0.95	0.18
5	The Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale	−0.02 (0.01)	**0.04	0.19
6	Brief Interview for Mental Status	0.00 (0.01)	0.99	0.18
7	Braden Scale	0.00 (0.01)	0.77	0.15
8	Barthel Activities of Daily Living Index	0.00 (0.00)	0.27	0.15
9	Total therapy minutes	−0.00 (0.00)	0.52	0.15
10	Medicare priority diagnosis upon admission	0.01 (0.05)	0.86	0.14
11	Dementia diagnosis	0.12 (0.10)	0.23	0.16
12	Pain that impacts sleep or activity	0.00 (0.05)	0.95	0.15
13	Fall with fracture in the past 6 months	−0.01 (0.06)	0.93	0.15
14	Fall in the past month	0.01 (0.05)	0.76	0.14
FINAL	The Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale	−0.02 (0.01)	0.04	0.19

^*Each model controlled for age, sex, and evaluation value of gait speed

^**Significant at the p<0.10 level for inclusion in the final model