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Table 3 OPQOL score as predictor of any fall and any ED admission at multivariate analyses.

From: 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

Adverse health outcomes

OPQOL score (lowest quartile vs rest)

Model adjusted for:

age, sex,

education, income, living status,

CIRS m score, dementia, depression,

any fall in the past year

(n= 184)

OPQOL score (lowest quartile vs rest)

Model adjusted for:

age, sex,

education, income, living status,

CIRS m score, dementia, depression,

any ED admission in the past year

(n= 184)

 

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P

Any fall

2.16 (1.03-4.54)

0.042

  

Any ED admission

  

2.21 (1.05-4.67)

0.037

  1. Notes: OPQOL = Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire; CIRS m = Cumulative Illness Rating Scale morbidity; ED = emergency department; CI = confidence interval.
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