Table 20. Odds ratios for wellbeing among those with specific needs and COVID-19 experiences by residential circumstances of supported person.
| Supporting person in
service-based setting (n=1,245) |
Supporting person
in home setting (n=1,476) |
Odds ratio | 95% confidence
interval |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 issues for supported persons: | |||||
| Tested for COVID-19 | Yes | 44.5% | 19.7% | 3.3 | 2.7-4.0 |
| No | 55.5% | 80.3% | 1.0 | ||
| Experienced COVID-19
symptoms |
Yes | 30.8% | 12.8% | 3.0 | 2.5-3.7 |
| No | 69.2% | 87.2% | 1.0 | ||
| Diagnosed with COVID-19 | Yes | 26.6% | 15.5% | 2.0 | 1.3-3.3 |
| No | 73.4% | 84.5% | 1.0 | ||
| Changes to support services: | |||||
| Use of physical restraint | Yes | 21.1% | 9.2% | 2.6 | 2.1-3.3 |
| No | 78.9% | 90.8% | 1.0 | ||
| Alternative services offered | Yes | 54.6% | 39.8% | 1.8 | 1.5-2.1 |
| No | 45.4% | 60.2% | 1.0 | ||
| Staff shifts reorganised | Yes | 44.1% | 63.7% | 0.5 | 0.4-0.6 |
| No | 55.9% | 36.3% | 1.0 | ||
| New casual staff
introduced |
Yes | 59.5% | 57.7% | 1.3 | 0.8-2.1 |
| No | 40.5% | 42.3% | 1.0 | ||
| Wellbeing for specific populations: | |||||
| Increased behaviours that
challenge |
Yes | 60.2% | 64.0% | 0.8 | 0.6-1.1 |
| No | 39.8% | 36.0% | 1.0 | ||
| Increased seizures | Yes | 14.5% | 19.0% | 0.7 | 0.5-1.0 |
| No | 85.5% | 81.0% | 1.0 | ||
| Increased sleep problems | Yes | 36.3% | 41.8% | 0.8 | 0.6-1.0 |
| No | 63.7% | 58.2% | 1.0 | ||