Table 3.

Associations between FIM domains and annual hospitalization in multimorbid (n = 1173) and non-multimorbid (n = 1430) older adults^a

Variable	Annual Hospitalization
	OR b			95% CI
	Multimorbid	Non-multimorbid	Total	Multimorbid	Non-multimorbid	Total
Self-care ability	1.01	1.03	1.05	0.78–1.29	0.61–1.72	0.84–1.31
Sphincter control	1.03	1.27	1.04	0.82–1.28	0.75–2.16	0.85–1.27
Transfer	0.98	0.93	0.96	0.78–1.22	0.70–1.24	0.81–1.14
Walk	0.79*	0.72*	0.75*	0.66-0.95	0.56-0.94	0.64–0.87
Communication	1.28	0.93	1.19	1.04–1.58	0.69–1.24	1.00–1.41
Social cognition	0.78*	1.06	0.81*	0.63-0.97	0.75-1.49	0.68–0.97

FIM Functional Independence Measure

^*P < 0.05

^aThe six FIM domains were included as predictor variables for annual hospitalization in a multivariable regression model without adjusting for other variables

^bOdds ratio per SD increase in a predictor variable