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Nursing Risk Assessment for the Elderly and Its Data-Driven Optimization Model

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Sep 26, 2025

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Logistic regression analysis of variable assignment

Variable Valuation
Y Nursing risk Occurs=1 Not ours=0
X1 Gender Male=0 Female=1
X2 Age 60-69=1 70-79=2 80-89=3 ≥90=4
X3 CGRA evaluation 45-74=1 75-104=2 ≥105=4
X4 Check-in time 1-5 year=1 6-10 year=2 ≥11 year=3
X5 Sight Normal=0 Abnormal=1
X6 Chronic disease No =0 Yes =1
X7 Number of chronic diseases ≥3=0 <3=1 Null=2
X8 Long-term dose No =0 <3 =1 ≥3=2
X9 Anti-hypertensive No =0 Yes =1
X10 Heart drug No =0 Yes =1
X11 Antianxiety drug No =0 Yes =1
X12 Static balance Yes =0 No =1
X13 Physical ability Yes =0 No =1
X14 Dynamic balance Yes =0 No =1
X15 Regular routine Yes =0 No =1
X16 Physical ability Yes =0 No =1
X17 Physical exercise No =0 Yes =1
X18 Cluttered storage in passage Yes =0 No =1
X19 Furniture fixture Yes =0 No =1
X20 Using walking aid No =0 Yes =1
X21 Grib bar installation Yes =0 No =1

Logistic regression analysis of multiple factors of nursing risk in the elderly

B S.E. Wald P Exp(B) C.I.(95%)
Lower Upper
Gender 0.750 0.281 7.698 0.005 2.180 1.358 3.361
Age 0.524 0.151 13.251 0.001 1.677 1.264 88
CGRA evaluation 0.538 0.159 14.635 0.002 1.708 1.260 98
Sight 0.463 0.228 4.726 0.004 1.613 1.051 2.385
Long-term dose 0.511 0.214 4.742 0.02 1.574 1.045 2.372
Dynamic balance 0.882 0.393 5.008 0.02 2.379 1.122 4.900
Furniture fixture 1.538 0.409 15.626 0.023 4.476 2.175 9.409
Using walking aid 0.671 0.221 10.092 0.000 1.978 1.204 2.919
Grib bar installation 0.668 0.239 5.378 0.018 1.869 1.109 3.323
Chronic disease 0.534 0.209 11.061 0.001 1.782 1.273 2.304
Physical exercise -0.755 0.352 4.720 0.032 0.507 0.251 0.942

The incidence of nursing risk in elderly care institutions

The number of risk of nursing Sample size (n=305) Nursing risk frequency Incidence rate
1 305 83 27.2%
≥2 305 58 19%
Total 305 141 46.2%

Influencing factors of nursing risk occurrences in elderly people

Danger factors n Risk occurrences Percentage χ2 P
Gender Male 62 40 64.5% 9.122 0.000
Female 79 28 35.4%
Age [60,70) 14 4 28.6% 16.564 0.001
[70,80) 38 14 36.8%
[80,90) 79 44 55.7%
≥90 10 5 50.0%
CGRA evaluation [45,75) 25 8 32.0% 20.109 0.000
[75,105) 61 30 49.2%
≥105 55 28 50.9%
Check-in time [1,5) 109 50 45.9% 7.930 0.025
[5,11) 19 11 57.9%
≥11 13 6 46.2%
Sight Normal 66 29 43.9% 9.046 0.000
Abnormal 75 35 46.7%
Chronic disease Yes 107 53 49.5% 16.513 0.001
No 34 10 29.4%
Number of chronic diseases ≥3 41 23 56.1% 20.133 0.000
≤3 77 35 45.5%
Null 23 5 21.7%
Long-term dose ≥3 108 51 47.2% 18.247 0.002
≤3 9 5 55.6%
Null 24 7 29.2%
Anti-hypertensive Yes 82 41 50.0% 10.760 0.003
No 59 23 39.0%
Heart drug Yes 50 27 54.0% 10.744 0.000
No 91 39 42.9%
Antianxiety drug Yes 4 3 75.0% 4.610 0.036
No 137 65 47.4%
Static balance Normal 95 46 48.4% 9.845 0.002
Abnormal 46 20 43.5%
Physical ability Normal 84 31 36.9% 16.147 0.000
Abnormal 57 31 54.4%
Dynamic balance Normal 87 34 39.1% 21.362 0.001
Abnormal 54 33 61.1%
Regular routine Yes 128 52 40.6% 35.189 0.000
No 13 11 84.6%
Physical exercise Yes 82 34 41.5% 6.917 0.031
No 59 32 54.2%
Cluttered storage in passage Yes 99 45 45.5% 7.413 0.033
No 42 22 52.4%
Furniture fixture Yes 27 8 29.6% 14.663 0.000
No 114 59 51.8%
Using walking aid Yes 84 41 48.8% 14.941 0.000
No 57 21 36.8%
Grib bar installation Yes 51 21 41.2% 5.669 0.027
No 90 47 5%

The comparison of nursing risk incidence and nursing satisfaction

Group Risk incidence (%) Satisfaction evaluation
Unsatisfied Good Satisfied
Control group 8 (10.67) 2 (2.7) 31 (41.3) 42 (56)
Experimental group 0 (0) 0 (0) 16 (21.3) 59 (78.7)
χ2 4.138 1.022 6.978 7.698
P 0.031 0.135 0.004 0.005

Comparison of the incidence of elderly nursing risk with each gender and age

Item Number of risks=1 χ2 P
Count Percentage
Gender Male 17 12.06% 14.338 0.002
Female 30 21.28%
Age [60,70) 4 2.84% 22.687 0.001
[70,80) 15 10.64%
[80,90) 62 43.97%
≥90 3 2.13%
Item Number of risks≥2 χ2 P
Count Percentage
Gender Male 41 29.08% 14.054 0.002
Female 53 37.59%
Age [60,70) 2 1.42% 23.387 0.000
[70,80) 12 8.51%
[80,90) 39 27.66%
≥90 4 2.84%

The comparison of nursing risk incidence assessment of experimental group

Time Low risk Medium risk High risk Assessment of nursing risk
Admission 42 (56) 18 (24) 15 (20) 39.85±4.16
Discharge 74 (98.7) 1 (1.3) 0 (0) 19.32±3.11
χ2/t 32.358 14.873 15.981 26.872
P 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
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