Table 3.
Association between number of hospitalizations and decline in ADLs
| BADLs | IADLs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence | Crude RR [95% CI] |
Adjusted RRa [95% CI] |
Incidence | Crude RR [95% CI] |
Adjusted RRa [95% CI] |
|
| Number of hospitalizations | ||||||
| 0 |
13.0% (81/621) |
ref | ref |
20.0% (124/621) |
ref | ref |
| 1 |
22.9% (32/140) |
1.75 [1.18 to 2.61] |
1.69 [1.17 to 2.45] |
30.7% (43/140) |
1.54 [1.15 to 2.06] |
1.41 [1.09 to 1.83] |
| ≥ 2 |
34.1% (30/88) |
2.61 [1.82 to 3.75] |
2.27 [1.58 to 3.26] |
35.2% (31/88) |
1.76 [1.29 to 2.41] |
1.39 [0.97 to 1.99] |
BADL, basic activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval; ref., reference
aAdjusted for age, sex, dialysis vintage, body mass index (< 18.5, ≥18.5 to < 25, ≥25), functional status score, comorbidities (diabetes, cerebrovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, other cardiovascular diseases, congestive heart disease, cancer other than skin cancer, neurologic disease, peripheral vascular disease, dementia, and psychiatric disorder), albumin, phosphorus, creatinine and single-pool Kt/V