Table 3.

MLM of Ratings of Daily Preferences and Satisfaction with Overall Care

Satisfaction with Overall Care
	B	SE B	P value
Daily preferences	1.779	0.544	0.001*
Age	0.070	0.017	0.000*
Sex	−0.210	0.439	0.632
Race	0.922	0.195	0.000*
Education level	0.106	0.113	0.347
Marital status	0.058	0.178	0.745
Length of stay	0.000	0.000	0.452
Cognitive statusa	0.123	0.039	0.002*
Functionb	−0.009	0.032	0.769
Depressive symptomsc	−0.126	0.044	0.004*

Note.

^aScores of 24–30 indicate “normal” cognitive ability; 20–23 mild cognitive impairment or possible early-stage dementia/Alzheimer’s disease; 10–19 middle-stage/moderate dementia/Alzheimer’s disease; 0–9 late-stage/severe dementia/Alzheimer’s disease,

^bscores range from 0–28, higher scores indicate better function;

^cscores of 0–4 indicate minimal or no depression; 5–9 mild depression; 10–14 moderate depression; 15–19 moderately severe depression; 20–24 severe depression