Older People's Quality of Life (OPQOL) scores and adverse health outcomes at a one-year follow-up. A prospective cohort study on older outpatients living in the community in Italy

Table 2 OPQOL total and health-related scores and adverse health outcomes at univariate analyses.

Adverse health outcomes	N	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P
OPQOL total score (lowest quartile vs rest)
Any fall	184	2.67 (1.36 - 5.26)	0.005
Greater dependence in the BADLs	184	1.36 (0.70 - 2.67)	0.367
Any ED admission	184	2.50 (1.26 - 4.95)	0.009
Any hospitalisation	184	1.84 (0.89 - 3.81)	0.100
Nursing home placement	210	2.02 (0.44 - 9.31)	0.368
Death	210	2.18 (0.77 - 6.16)	0.141
OPQOL health-related sub-score (lowest quartile vs rest)
Any fall	184	2.40 (1.26 - 4.57)	0.008
Greater dependence in the BADLs	184	0.85 (0.44 - 1.63)	0.616
Any ED admission	184	1.23 (0.63 - 2.38)	0.546
Any hospitalisation	184	1.35 (0.67 - 2.76)	0.404
Nursing home placement	210	5.56 (1.05 - 29.41)	0.044
Death	210	2.94 (1.05 - 8.27)	0.041

Notes: Bold variables are significant at p < 0.05; OPQOL = Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire; CI = confidence interval; BADL = basic activities of daily living; ED = emergency department.

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