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. 2022 Jun 24;10(1):48–60. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1277

TABLE 6.

Determinants in the improvement of social isolation

Independent variables Maximum model Final model
p OR 95% CI of OR p OR 95% CI of OR
Lower limit Upper limit Lower limit Upper limit
Group (experimental vs. control) 0.240 3.33 0.45 240.78 0.911 1.08 0.28 4.13
Age (years) 0.194 1.13 0.938 10.372
Sex (male vs. female) 0.076 0.05 0.002 10.346
Marital status: (reference category: widower)
Married 0.221 30.21 0.12 7,097.37
Separated 0.816 0.66 0.02 21.15
Single 0.770 1.59 0.07 36.77
Education level (reference category: secondary education)
No studies 0.085 39.96 0.60 2,664.68
Incomplete primary education 0.212 14.26 0.22 929.19
Primary school graduate 0.084 69.87 0.57 8,617.74
Financial difficulties (yes vs. no) 0.095 4.12 0.78 21.77
Receives financial help (yes vs. no) 0.414 2.32 0.31 17.50
Medical care (No.) 0.601 0.92 0.69 1.24
Nurse Care (No.) 0.540 0.94 0.77 1.14
Domiciliary healthcare (No.) 0.834 1.02 0.83 1.26
Living alone (yes vs. no) 0.897 0.92 0.28 3.08
Having people helping (yes vs. no) 0.106 10.64 0.60 187.41 0.031 4.92 1.15 20.98
NOC Mobility 0.006 13.9 2.14 90.35 0.004 3.70 1.54 8.91
NOC depression 0.383 0.31 0.02 4.18
NOC coping 0.798 1.30 0.17 10.07
Social support (baseline: yes vs. no) 0.002 222.8 7.56 6,568.41 0.001 35.49 4.60 273.55
Feeling of loneliness (baseline) 0.126 1.40 0.91 2.17
Health status (Euroqol‐5D) 0.038 0.94 0.89 0.99
Chronic pathologies (No.) 0.244 0.77 0.50 1.95

Note: Dependent variable: Social support (yes/no). Maximum Model Hosmer‐Lemeshow Test: 0.373. Final Model Hosmer‐Lemeshow Test: 0.856.

Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval; OR, Odds Ratio.