Patient level factors |
Age, years | 0.9 (0.9 to 1.0) | 0.239 | | | −2.1 (−4.5 to 0.4)c | 0.105 | | |
Males | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 0.567 | | | 1.1 (−3.5 to 5.8) | 0.632 | | |
Nursing/care home (compared with community) | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0) | 0.038 | | | −9.4 (−14.1 to −4.7) | <0.001 | | |
Duration of dementia, that is since diagnosis, in years | 0.9 (0.9 to 1.0) | 0.100 | | | −1.4 (–2.4 to −0.5) | 0.004 | | |
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Subtype Alzheimer’s disease, reference category |
Subtype vascular dementia | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) | 0.010 | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0) | 0.031 | −17.8 (−22.7 to 12.8) | <0.001 | −18.2 (−23.9 to −12.4) | <0.001 |
All other subtypes | 0.6 (0.5 to 0.9) | 0.014 | | | −15.2 (−20.7 to −9.7) | <0.001 | −13.6 (−19.8 to −7.4) | <0.001 |
Comorbid physical conditions (number) | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 0.632 | | | −0.8 (−2.3 to 0.7) | 0.310 | | |
Number of medications | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 0.998 | | | −0.3 (−0.9 to 0.3) | 0.317 | | |
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Practice-level factors |
Multi-handed practice | 2.2 (1.2 to 4.0) | 0.011 | 2.2 (1.1 to 4.5) | 0.030 | 11.3 (2.7 to 19.9) | 0.010 | 9.9 (0.03 to 19.7) | 0.049 |
List size of patients aged >65 years | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.0) | 0.415 | | | 2.5 (−3.1 to 8.0)d | 0.386 | | |
Socioeconomic deprivation (IMD 2007) | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 0.194 | | | −0.2 (−0.4 to 0.01) | 0.054 | | |