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Mental and social factors associated with worse self-rated health in institutionalized older persons. |
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| Factor |
Subjects |
OR* (95% CI) |
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| Cognitive status |
484 |
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| Normal |
1 |
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| Impaired |
1.01 (0.60 – 1.72) |
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| Depressive symptoms |
588 |
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| Normal |
1 |
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| Mild |
4.04 (2.50 – 6.60) |
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| Moderate/severe |
10.45 (5.84 – 18.68) |
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| Vision |
556 |
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| Good/mild |
1 |
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| Moderate/severe |
2.05 (1.36 – 3.08) |
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| Audition |
542 |
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| Good/mild |
1 |
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| Moderate/severe |
1.21 (0.74 – 1.98) |
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| Internal contacts |
619 |
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| Frequent/normal |
1 |
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| Rare/nothing |
1.42 (1.03 – 1.97) |
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| External contacts |
617 |
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| Daily/weekly/monthly |
1 |
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| Lower than monthly/nothing |
1.08 (0.82 – 1.42) |
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| Relatives in facility |
622 |
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| Yes |
1 |
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| No |
0.73 (0.48 – 1.12) |
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* Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of worse health perception for each category compared to the corresponding reference group (normal cognition, no depressive symptoms, good/mild vision and audition, and present of internal, external contacts, and relatives in facility), adjusted for sex, age, education, type of facility, number of chronic conditions, and functional dependency. | ||
Damián et al. BMC Geriatrics 2008 8:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-8-5 |
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