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 4 Health-related OPQOL sub-score as predictor of any fall, nursing home placement and death at multivariate analyses.

Adverse health outcomes	Health-related OPQOL sub-score (lowest quartile vs rest) Model adjusted for: age, sex, education, income, living status, CIRS m score, dementia, depression, severe dependence in the BADLs, frailty syndrome (n= 210)		Health-related OPQOL sub-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)
	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P
Any fall			2.36 (1.16-4.82)	0.018
Nursing home placement	10.03 (1.25-80.54)	0.030
Death	4.23 (1.06-16.81)	0.041

Notes: OPQOL = Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire; CIRS m = Cumulative Illness Rating Scale morbidity; BADL = basic activities of daily living; CI = confidence interval.

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