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Table 2 Associates of post uptake tracker use

From: The use and impact of digital COVID-19 tracking in adult social care: a prospective cohort study of care homes in Greater Manchester

 

Odd ratio

Odd ratio

Odd ratio

Not-for-profit homes (vs for-profit homes)

0.67 [0.16,2.83]

0.69 [0.17,2.90]

 

Residential homes (vs nursing homes)

0.65 [0.31,1.39]

0.76 [0.33,1.76]

 

Small homes [1–23 occupied beds]

1.00 [=reference]

1.00 [=reference]

 

Medium homes [24–40 occupied beds]

1.20 [0.84,1.72]

1.17 [0.83,1.67]

 

Large homes [41+ occupied beds]

1.01 [0.64,1.60]

0.98 [0.62,1.54]

 

Chains owned homes (vs single-ownership homes)

0.34 [0.17,0.69]***

0.30 [0.14,0.63]***

 

Homes with residents with dementia (yes/no flag)

0.66 [0.28,1.53]

0.51 [0.22,1.15]

 

Homes with learning disability and/or autism (yes/no flag)

0.37 [0.11,1.25]

0.38 [0.12,1.27]

 

Homes with residents with physical disabilities (yes/no flag)

1.26 [0.64,2.47]

1.23 [0.64,2.35]

 

CQC rated inadequate

1.00

1.00

 

Requires improvement

0.50 [0.10,2.53]

0.46 [0.09,2.27]

 

Good

0.56 [0.13,2.35]

0.45 [0.10,2.04]

 

Outstanding

0.33 [0.06,1.78]

0.24 [0.04,1.39]

 

Locality 7

1.00

1.00

 

Locality 6

0.63 [0.04,9.06]

0.57 [0.04,8.54]

 

Locality 5

1.02 [0.12,8.39]

1.15 [0.14,9.74]

 

Locality 4

2.44 [0.25,23.74]

1.56 [0.15,15.90]

 

Locality 3

2.36 [0.19,29.31]

2.49 [0.20,31.13]

 

Locality 2

8.52 [1.00,73.03]*

5.85 [0.67,51.27]

 

Locality 1

27.87 [3.26,238.56]***

31.73 [3.76,268.05]***

 

Days on tracker [1–49]

1.00

1.00

1.00

Days on tracker [50–99]

0.65 [0.52,0.81]***

0.64 [0.51,0.80]***

0.61 [0.52,0.71]***

Days on tracker [100–149]

0.52 [0.37,0.74]***

0.51 [0.36,0.72]***

0.45 [0.35,0.58]***

Days on tracker [150–199]

0.38 [0.24,0.62]***

0.37 [0.23,0.59]***

0.30 [0.21,0.43]***

Days on tracker [200–249]

0.37 [0.21,0.63]***

0.35 [0.21,0.60]***

0.25 [0.15,0.39]***

Days on tracker [250–299]

0.25 [0.12,0.50]***

0.24 [0.12,0.48]***

0.18 [0.10,0.32]***

Days on tracker [300–349]

0.25 [0.11,0.56]***

0.23 [0.10,0.52]***

0.15 [0.08,0.31]***

Days on tracker [350–399]

0.21 [0.08,0.60]***

0.20 [0.07,0.56]***

0.12 [0.06,0.28]***

Homes COVID-19 +ve residents (%)

 

0.99 [0.99,1.00]*

0.99 [0.99,1.00]***

Number of workers available for work

 

0.99 [0.98,1.00]

1.00 [0.99,1.00]

Number of MSOA level COVID-19 cases

 

1.00 [0.99,1.00]

1.00 [0.99,1.00]

Number of staff self-isolating

 

0.98 [0.94,1.02]

0.99 [0.96,1.02]

PPE [less than a week]

 

1.00

1.00

PPE [1 to 4 weeks]

 

0.59 [0.31,1.13]

0.43 [0.24,0.78]***

PPE [more than 1 month]

 

0.61 [0.33,1.14]

0.45 [0.24,0.82]***

Accepting new admissions [no issue]

 

1.00

1.00

Accepting new admissions [limited capacity]

 

1.03 [0.85,1.26]

1.04 [0.92,1.18]

Accepting new admissions [emergencies only]

 

1.04 [0.67,1.61]

0.99 [0.53,1.86]

Accepting new admissions [not possible]

 

1.14 [0.98,1.33]*

1.19 [1.08,1.31]***

Number of occupied beds

  

1.00 [1.00,1.00]

Home fixed effects

  

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Week fixed effects

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N

20456

20456

24091

Homes

130

130

137

Chi-Squared

15656082.9

26382872.7

795.3

P-value

0.00

0.00

0.00

  1. Cluster robust 95% confidence intervals are in the brackets. The dependent variable is tracker use [=1 if at least one resident is assessed on a given day in a care home, 0 otherwise]. The coefficient of one locality is not reported due to very low uptake. Columns 1 and 2 exclude 7 homes due to missing CQC data. The estimations in Columns 1 and 2 also include a categorical variable on home local area index of multiple deprivation; the coefficients are mostly insignificant and omitted to save space. The results were obtained from logistic regressions. To prevent omitted variables bias Column 2 includes additional variables and their means (means not reported) . Column 3 removes the time invariant characteristics of homes by including home fixed effects. Details on methods selection and missing data are given in the Additional file 1: Appendix S2. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1