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Table 5 Variables predicting nursing workload in patients with musculoskeletal conditions selected by the 'least absolute shrinkage and selection operator' (LASSO).

From: Patients' functioning as predictor of nursing workload in acute hospital units providing rehabilitation care: a multi-centre cohort study

 

Model with Barthel Index n = 50

Model with ICF categories n = 127

Variable

Estimate

P-Value

Estimate

P-Value

Age

0.01

0.4282

0.02

<.0001

Sex (male)

0.18

0.5244

0.33

0.0278

Barthel Index

-0.03

0.0029

  

b130 Energy and drive functions

  

0.3

0.0291

b620 Urination functions

  

0.34

0.0018

R-squared (R-squared adjusted for number of variables in the model)

0.2125 (0.1611)

0.2276 (0.1957)