Table 3.
Influencing factors of falls in discharged older adults.
| Factors | Univariate |
Multivariable |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SHR (95% CI) | P | β | SHR (95% CI) | P | |
| Depression (yes) | 2.968 | 19.449 (13.007, 29.083) | <0.001 | 2.201 | 9.030 (4.794, 17.008) | <0.001 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) (ref. <10) | ||||||
| 10–19 | 0.982 | 0.375 (0.232, 0.605) | <0.001 | −0.170 | 0.840 (0.549, 1.288) | 0.425 |
| ≥20 | 0.978 | 0.376 (0.230, 0.615) | <0.001 | 0.504 | 1.656 (1.066, 2.571) | 0.025 |
| BI score (>90) | ||||||
| 81–90 | 1.642 | 0.194 (0.101, 0.372) | <0.001 | −0.19 | 0.831 (0.474, 1.458) | 0.520 |
| 61–80 | 1.394 | 0.248 (0.164, 0.375) | <0.001 | 0.799 | 2.224 (1.193, 4.143) | 0.012 |
| Re-hospitalization (yes) | 0.906 | 2.473 (1.692, 3.614) | <0.001 | 0.655 | 1.926 (1.339, 2.769) | <0.001 |
| Sex (female) | 0.037 | 0.964 (0.660, 1.408) | 0.850 | |||
| Age (ref. 65–69 years) | ||||||
| 70–79 | 0.161 | 1.175 (0.745, 1.853) | 0.488 | |||
| ≥80 | 0.432 | 1.541 (0.929, 2.555) | 0.094 | |||
| Education (low) | 0.623 | 1.864 (1.238, 2.807) | 0.003 | −0.010 | 0.987 (0.668, 1.457) | 0.947 |
| Living care (cared by others) | 0.810 | 2.249 (1.483, 3.409) | <0.001 | 0.483 | 1.621 (1.068, 2.462) | 0.023 |
| Live arrangement (alone) | 0.935 | 2.547 (1.398, 4.641) | 0.002 | 0.508 | 1.662 (0.917, 3.011) | 0.094 |
| Self-assessed fall risk (yes) | 1.167 | 3.213 (2.120, 4.871) | <0.001 | 0.596 | 1.815 (1.098, 2.999) | 0.020 |
| Frailty (ref. robust) | ||||||
| Pre-frail | 0.100 | 1.105 (0.507, 2.410) | 0.801 | 0.246 | 1.279 (0.590, 2.775) | 0.533 |
| Frail | 2.681 | 14.600 (6.933, 30.749) | <0.001 | 1.260 | 3.525 (1.480, 8.398) | <0.001 |
| Number of medications at discharge (ref. 1–3) | ||||||
| 4–6 | 0.118 | 0.889 (0.597, 1.323) | 0.562 | |||
| >6 | 0.441 | 0.644 (0.326, 1.269) | 0.203 | |||
| Number of diseases at discharge (ref. 1–5) | ||||||
| 6–10 | 0.200 | 1.222 (0.760, 1.965) | 0.409 | |||
| >10 | 0.403 | 1.497 (0.961, 2.331) | 0.075 | |||
Note: β: partial regression coefficient; SHR = sub-distribution hazard ratio; CI = confidence interval.