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Table 2 Survival models for unadjusted variables associated with long term care home admission

From: A longitudinal study looking at and beyond care recipient health as a predictor of long term care home admission

Parameters

Estimate

SE

Hazard Ratio (HR)

95% HR Confidence limits

Chi-square

Pr > Chisq

Care recipient characteristics

 Gender (ref. ‘female’)

0.13

0.03

1.14

(1.08–1.20)

22.1

<.0001

 Married (ref. ‘no’)

0.11

0.03

1.12

(1.06–1.18)

17.6

<.0001

Age group (ref. ‘18–39 yrs’)

 40–64 yrs.

1.38

0.20

3.98

(2.27–6.96)

23.4

<.0001

 65–74 yrs.

2.25

0.20

9.56

(5.52–16.56)

64.9

<.0001

 75–84 yrs.

2.74

0.19

15.4

(8.94–26.60)

96.7

<.0001

 85–94 yrs.

2.91

0.21

18.4

(10.68–31.76)

109.8

<.0001

 95+ yrs.

3.08

0.21

21.9

(12.61–38.26)

119.1

<.0001

MAPLe (ref. ‘1’)

 2

0.36

0.16

1.44

(1.04–1.99)

4.79

0.0286

 3

1.63

0.13

5.12

(3.94–6.64)

151.3

<.0001

 4

2.36

0.13

10.6

(8.22–13.77)

322.3

<.0001

 5

3.06

0.13

21.4

(16.54–27.78)

536.1

<.0001

Informal caregiver characteristics

 Caregiver distress (ref. ‘no’)

  Yes

0.88

0.03

2.41

(2.28–2.54)

1027.5

<.0001

Caregiving features

 Coresidence (cores) and relationship type (ref. ‘child caregiver coreside’)

  Child does not cores

0.10

0.03

1.11

(1.03–1.19)

8.61

0.0033

  Spouse cores

0.01

0.04

1.01

(0.94–1.09)

0.12

0.72

  Spouse does not cores

0.18

0.15

1.20

(0.89–1.16)

1.43

0.23

  Others coreside

−0.72

0.07

0.48

(0.42–0.56)

86.8

<.0001

  Others does not cores

−0.33

0.05

0.71

(0.64–0.79)

40.9

<.0001