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Correlational findings

Study Ostir et al. (2006): study US 2001

Public
40+ orthopedic patients, 3 month after discharge, USA, 2002
Sample
Respondents
N = 3751
Non Response
228
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
by nurses

Correlate

Authors's Label
Cognition functional status
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at admission(T1) and after discharge(T2) with average 3 month interval
Operationalization
Subscale of Functional Independence Measure (FIM), 18 item selfreport measure of basic daily living skills

Cognitive subscale cobtains items on:
- communication
- social cognition

Scored 1 (complete dependence) to 7 (complete independence

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SQL-u-sq-v-4-b OR = 1.29 T2 happines by T1-T2 CHANGE in cognitive functional independance controled for:
-age(40-102)
-gender
-mental status
-race
-length of stay
CI95: (1.24-1.35