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Table 4 Variables predicting nursing workload in patients with neurological conditions selected by the 'least absolute shrinkage and selection operator' (LASSO).

From: Patients' functioning as predictor of nursing workload in acute hospital units providing rehabilitation care: a multi-centre cohort study

 

Model with Barthel Index n = 49

Model with ICF categories n = 77

Variable

Estimate

P-Value

Estimate

P-Value

Age

0.01

0.4085

0

0.5137

Sex (male)

-0.32

0.1588

-0.35

0.0774

Barthel Index

-0.02

<.0001

  

b147 Psychomotor functions

  

0.32

0.0517

b525 Defecation functions

  

0.65

0.0061

b620 Urination functions

  

0.22

0.0797

d420 Transferring oneself

  

0.07

0.7176

d520 Caring for body parts

  

0.41

0.0674

R-squared (R-squared adjusted for number of variables in the model)

0.4758 (0.4409)

0.4928 (0.4414)