Covariates for modelling
Variable | Scale | Range/levels |
Sociodemographic | ||
Age | Continuous | 65–105 years |
Sex | Categorical | Female, male |
Education | Categorical | <High school Completed high school Technical or trade school Some college and ≥Bachelor’s Unknown |
Health stability | ||
Weight loss of 5% or more in the last 30 days, or 10% or more in the last 180 days | Categorical | 0=No 1=Yes 9=Unknown |
Weight gain of 5% or more in the last 30 days, or 10% or more in the last 180 days | Categorical | 0=No 1=Yes 9=Unknown |
CHESS score | Discrete | 0–5 |
Hip fracture in last 180 days | Binary | 0=No 1=Yes |
Fell in the past 30 days | Binary | 0=No 1=Yes |
Comorbidities | ||
Dementia | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Delirium | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Emphysema/COPD | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Cancer | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Kidney failure | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Congestive heart failure | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Arteriosclerotic heart disease | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Depression | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Anxiety | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Pressure ulcer | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Stroke | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Seizure disorder | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Anaemia | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Parkinson’s disease | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Multiple sclerosis | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Oxygen therapy | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Kidney dialysis | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Incontinence | Dichotomous | Yes, no |
Number of chronic conditions | Discrete | 0–18 |
Medications | ||
Antipsychotic: the number of days during the last 7 days | Categorical | 0, 1, 2+ |
Number of medications | Discrete | 0–13 |
Other functions | ||
BMI | Continuous | 0–40 kg/m2 |
Pain scale | Discrete | 0–3 |
Vision impairment | Categorical | Adequate, impaired, moderately impaired, highly impaired, severely impaired |
Hearing impairment | Categorical | Adequate, impaired, moderately impaired, highly impaired, severely impaired |
Index of Social Engagement | Discrete | 0–6 |
Depression Rating Scale | Discrete | 0–14 |
CPS score | Discrete | 0–6 |
ADL—Self-Performance Hierarchy Scale Score | Discrete | 0–6 |
ADL, activities of daily living; BMI, body mass index; CHESS, Changes in Health, End-Stage Disease and Signs and Symptoms; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CPS, Cognitive Performance Scale.