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Table 8 Adjusted regression analysis (Poisson, Incidence Rates Ratios) for presenting at Emergency Department (administrative data), n = 1325 participants aged 60 and over.

From: The theoretical and empirical basis of a BioPsychoSocial (BPS) risk screener for detection of older people’s health related needs, planning of community programs, and targeted care interventions

Model

Domain

Level*

IRR (95% CI, P-value)

P-value

Linear trend (95%CI, P-value)

Model with individual domain managing countsa

Biological

No risk

Reference

< 0.001

1.89 (1.55 to 2.3, < 0.001)

Some risk

1.89 (1.29 to 2.75, 0.001)

High risk

3.58 (2.41 to 5.3, < 0.001)

Psychological

No risk

Reference

0.795

1.09 (0.85 to 1.39, 0.5)

Some risk

1.08 (0.7 to 1.66, 0.743)

High risk

1.2 (0.69 to 2.06, 0.522)

Social

No risk

Reference

0.001

1.43 (1.19 to 1.74, < 0.01)

Some risk

1.7 (1.17 to 2.47, 0.005)

High risk

2.08 (1.41 to 3.06, < 0.001)

Model with managing scoresb

BioPsychoSocial

Doing well

Reference

< 0.001

1.98 (1.61 to 2.42, < 0.001)

Some problems

2.3 (1.61 to 3.29, < 0.001)

Many problems

4.22 (2.7 to 6.61, < 0.001)

Overwhelming problems

4.08 (1.37 to 12.17, 0.012)

  1. aThe individual B, P, S categories were put into the same model with the following covariates: age, gender, ethnicity, income and education
  2. bLikewise, the combined managing score categories were put into a model with the following covariates: age, gender, ethnicity, income and education