Table 5.

Multivariate logistic regression of factors associated with early 14-day unplanned readmission

Variables	Adjusted odds ratio	95 % confidence interval	p value
Hospitalizations 6 months prior to the index admission	3.092	1.789–5.344	< 0.001
Number of diagnoses in past 1 year	1.069	1.011–1.131	0.019
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool	1.458	1.037–2.047	0.030
Discharge with a nasogastric tube	0.125	0.026–0.597	0.009
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.980	0.965–0.995	0.010
Sex, female			0.749
Marital status, single			0.511
Religion, yes			0.196
Education, ≤elementary school			0.262
Area of residence, urban			0.235
Outpatient visits 6 months prior to the index admission			0.592
Emergency visits 6 months prior to the index admission			0.926
Charlson Comorbidity Index in past 1 year			0.697
Admission via emergency room			0.430
Mobility, independent			0.679
Bathing, independent			0.374
Mood (BSRS)			0.538
Urine incontinence, yes			0.503
Fall in the past 1 year, yes			0.366
White blood cell, ×103 /UL			0.203
Hemoglobin, g/dL			0.906
Platelet, ×103 /UL			0.109
Creatinine, mg/dL			0.608
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L			0.113
Potassium, mmol/L			0.185
Sodium, mmol/L			0.865
Discharge planning services, yes			0.241
Medical department of discharge			0.515
Physician’s experience (years)			0.846
Destination of discharge			0.408
Diastolic BP (mmHg)			0.808
Pulse rate (/min)			0.751
Respiratory rate (/min)			0.916
Categories of discharged medications			0.830
Total tablets of discharged medications			0.787
Length of stay (days)			0.693
Discharge with pressure injury (injuries), yes			0.371
Discharge with a Foley catheter, yes			0.663
Discharge with a trachea tube, yes			0.502
Discharge with other catheter (s), yes			0.184