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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Jan 7;20(4):492–496. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.11.015

Table 2.

Multivariable Cox Proportional Hazards Model of the Association of SNF Rehabilitation Residents’ Sociodemographic Factors and Physical, Mental, and Social Health with a Failed Transition to Home

Hazard
Ratio
95% Confidence
Interval*
P-Value
Sociodemographic Factors
Age 1.05 0.99–1.10 0.086
Gender (ref = Female)
  Male 1.23 0.56–2.69 0.612
Race (ref = Non-Hispanic White)
  Non-Hispanic Black or Other Race 0.55 0.21–1.48 0.237
Marital Status (ref = Married)
  Not Married 2.28 0.64–8.07 0.204
  Widowed 0.83 0.22–3.12 0.781
Living Arrangement (ref = Lives with Someone
Else)
  Lives Alone 3.80 1.16–12.40 0.027
Education (ref = Some College, Technical
School, or College Graduate)
  High School or Less 1.31 0.63–2.75 0.472
Physical Health
Medical Conditions Number 1.11 1.00–1.22 0.045
PROMIS Measures
  Physical Functioning 0.95 0.90–0.99 0.019
  Pain 1.00 0.97–1.04 0.939
Mental Health
PROMIS Measures
  Depression 1.05 1.01–1.09 0.028
  Applied Cognitive Abilities 1.01 0.95–1.07 0.734
Social Health
PROMIS Measures
  Instrumental Support 1.02 0.97–1.07 0.426
  Ability to Participate in Social Roles and
 Activities
0.99 0.96–1.03 0.734

In the Cox Proportional Hazards Model our outcome, failed transition to home (dichotomized as “yes/no”), is defined as an SNF rehabilitation patient who was not discharged from the SNF, transitioned to SNF long-term care, readmitted to an SNF or a rehabilitation facility following discharge, had a prolonged hospitalization, became too ill to participate, or died during the course of our study.

*

Intervals based on 95% Wald confidence limits.