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Table 1 Factors associated with not understanding all questions

From: Validation of a questionnaire for assessing fecal impaction in the elderly: impact of cognitive impairment, and using a proxy

 

Understood (N = 142)

Did not understand (N = 57)

Univariate OR

Adjusted OR*

Age

86.0 ± 6.40

86.2 ± 7.24

1.00 (0.96-1.05)

1.00 (0.94-1.06)

Female Gender

97 (68.3%)

47 (82.5%)

2.18 (1.01-4.70)

2.53 (0.99-6.49)

Time at the institution

23.3 ± 23.02

28.1 ± 26.15

1.01 (1.00-1.02)

1.01 (0.99-1.02)

Level of education Secondary or higher

128 (92.8%)

56 (98.2%)

0.23 (0.03-1.83)

0.11 (0.01-1.85)

Cognitive impairment (MEC-35 score)

25.8 ± 6.15

16.0 ± 9.29

0.85 (0.81-0.90)

0.86 (0.82-0.91)

Functional impairment (Barthel’s score)

70.2 ± 25.02

50.2 ± 32.47

0.98 (0.97-0.99)

0.99 (0.98-1.01)

  1. *adjusted by all variables in the table.