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Table 5 Factors associated with residents’ deaths: Multiple logistic regression analysis (n = 114)

From: Factors associated with deaths in ‘Elderly Housing with Care Services’ in Japan: a cross-sectional study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Health care input from community

 Receiving care services from visiting nurse agencies

Have received

  

2.50

0.52–11.9

5.32

0.75–37.5

 Visiting nurse agencies provide EOL care to the residents

Yes

  

4.24

1.11–16.2

1.13

0.20–6.29

 Hospitals or clinics provide EOL care to the residents

Yes

    

14.0

2.51–78.1

Facility Characteristics

 Number of years since establishment

Unit = 1 year

2.07

1.28–3.37

2.55

1.42–4.60

2.92

1.50–5.68

 Presence of day nursing staff

Yes

0.38

0.11–1.29

0.68

0.17–2.68

0.73

0.15–3.51

 Presence of night nursing staff

Yes

12.5

0.40–390.9

4.52

0.10–205.2

1.54

0.03–70.4

 Confirming residents’ EOL preferences with residents/family members

Yes

5.44

1.16–25.5

2.42

0.44–13.4

1.85

0.26–13.1

 Educating staff to support resident deaths

Yes

1.40

0.42–4.69

1.36

0.35–5.40

0.65

0.13–3.31

Residents’ Characteristics

 Number of residents

Unit = 5

1.27

1.08–1.50

1.25

1.05–1.49

1.23

1.02–1.48

 Mean age of residents (years)

Unit = 5

1.22

0.37–3.97

1.31

0.34–5.03

2.01

0.47–8.63

 Rate of females (%)

Unit = 5%

1.00

0.83–1.22

1.02

0.82–1.27

1.02

0.81–1.29

 Rate of residents certified as Care Need Levels 3–5 (%)

Unit = 5%

1.03

0.88–1.20

1.05

0.88–1.25

1.06

0.87–1.28

 Rate of residents who lived in the same municipality as the facility (%)

Unit = 5%

0.94

0.84–1.05

0.95

0.84–1.06

0.95

0.83–1.08

Regional Characteristics

 Municipal aging rate (%)

Unit = 5%

1.64

0.56–4.83

1.58

0.53–4.70

1.51

0.45–5.09

 Number of hospital beds per 100,000 elderly people (aged 60 years or over)

Unit = 100

0.98

0.94–1.02

1.00

0.95–1.04

1.00

0.95–1.05

 Number of clinics per 100,000 elderly people (aged 60 years or over)

Unit = 10

1.01

0.94–1.10

0.99

0.89–1.10

0.99

0.88–1.12

 Number of visiting nurse agencies per 100,000 elderly people (aged 60 years or over)

Unit = 1

0.93

0.83–1.05

0.94

0.83–1.06

0.94

0.82–1.08

Hosmer-Lemeshow test

p-value

0.15

 

0.41

 

0.18

 
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