To examine the predictive validity of a quick frailty screening tool, the FRAIL-NH, for adverse health outcomes in nursing home residents, using variables from the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
If they believed that they drive faster than average speed, their answer was recoded as 1; otherwise, it was recoded as 2. Several log linear regression models were developed in order to explain exceeding speed limit for all types of roads using variables from the set of independent variables described above.
Access to the shared data files is highly restricted, which is why DPoRT was developed using variables from the public-use file rather than the provincial file.
One of the limitations in the current study is that the final meta-dimensional model was obtained using variables from the best model of each genomic dataset.
In addition, and as a related issue, the study may have introduced a reporting or same source bias, as the area-specific measures were constructed using variables from the same study population as the health data.
For each of these Block Groups, we calculated the following indicators using variables from the 2000 Census: population density (number of inhabitants/km), median income, and poverty (defined as the % of population living below the federal poverty line) [ 14].
The Pampalon index is a commonly used SES index in Canada that was developed using variables from the 2006 Census with: (1) known relations to health; (2) past use as geographical proxies; (3) past utilizations with the material or social dimensions of deprivation; (4) availability by DA [ 3].
The determinants were measured for each behavior, fruit and vegetables separately, using variables from the I-Change Model [ 54– 56] and the Transtheoretical Model [ 60], with meeting the guideline as the target behavior: awareness, pros and cons, social support, modeling self-efficacy expectations, action plans, habit strength, and stages of change.
At level 1 student level we used the scales described earlier and derived from the student questionnaire; at level 2 school level we used variables from both the teacher and school questionnaires described above.
