Background
Method
Study design
Frailty measurements
Characteristics of participants
Statistical analyses
Results
Mean (SD) | N (%) | |
---|---|---|
Age | 72.74 (8.04) | |
Gender | ||
Male | 96 (48.98) | |
Female | 100 (51.02) | |
Marital status | ||
Married | 61 (31.12) | |
Never married | 14 (7.14) | |
Divorced | 42 (21.43) | |
Cohabited | 26 (13.27) | |
Widow(ed) | 53 (27.04) | |
Highest level of education | ||
No/primary | 8 (4.10) | |
Lower secondary | 58 (29.74) | |
Higher secondary | 77 (39.49) | |
Higher education | 52 (26.67) | |
Relocated past 10 years | ||
Yes | 97 (49.49) | |
No | 99 (50.51) | |
Origine (country of birth) | ||
Belgium | 176 (89.80) | |
Other | 20 (10.20) | |
Net Income in Euro’s | ||
500–999 | 10 (6.13) | |
1000–1499 | 63 (38.65) | |
1500–1999 | 32 (19.63) | |
2000+ | 58 (35.58) | |
Fried Phenotype (unidimensional) | ||
Not-frail | 46 (23.59) | |
Pre-frail | 111 (56.92) | |
Frail | 38 (19.49) | |
CFAIa (multidimensional) | ||
No-low frail | 86 (44.33) | |
Mild frail | 73 (37.63) | |
High frail | 35 (18.04) |
N | Not-frail (mean ± SD) | Fried Phenotype | Frail (mean ± SD) | P-value | |
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Pre-frail (mean ± SD) | |||||
CFAI | 193 | 19.35 ± 10.881 | 23.84 ± 11.612 | 41.05 ± 14.2812 | p < 0.000 |
CFAI Physical | 195 | 6.25 ± 13.1134 | 22.07 ± 30.6135 | 61.84 ± 32.2245 | p < 0.000 |
CFAI Psychological | 193 | 14.96 ± 16.326 | 16.46 ± 15.527 | 36.95 ± 22.9267 | p < 0.000 |
CFAI Social | 195 | 46.61 ± 18.70 | 45.38 ± 18.04 | 51.21 ± 20.48 | ns |
CFAI Environmental | 195 | 9.57 ± 13.16 | 10.99 ± 12.23 | 14.21 ± 14.64 | ns |
Fried Phenotype | ||||
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Spearman correlation | Observed agreement | Weighted Kappa value | Quadratic weighted Kappa value | |
CFAI | R = 0.46 | 52.85% | 0.35 | 0.45 |
CFAI Physical | R = 0.52 | 44.62% | 0.25 | 0.39 |
CFAI Psychological | R = 0.32 | 39.38% | 0.18 | 0.28 |
CFAI Social | R = 0.05 | 40.05% | 0.04 | 0.06 |
CFAI Environmental | R = 0.13 | 48.72% | 0.13 | 0.14 |
Solely CFAI High frail | CFAI and FP (High-) frail | Solely FP Frail | p-value | |||
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N = 12 | N = 23 | N = 15 | ||||
Age | mean | 70.00 | 75.04 | 76.67 | 0.141 | |
Sense of Mastery (0–5) | mean | 3.36 | 2.941 | 3.761 | 0.003* | |
Meaning in Life (0–5) | mean | 3.67 | 3.53 | 3.87 | 0.427 | |
Life Satisfaction (0–5) | mean | 2.822 | 3.073 | 3.9223 | 0.001* | |
Social Inclusion (0–5) | mean | 3.58 | 3.87 | 4.38 | 0.199 | |
Ageing Well in Place (0–5) | mean | 4.17 | 3.744 | 4.534 | 0.081¥ | |
Feeling Frail (0–5) | mean | 3.25 | 3.17 | 2.73 | 0.465 | |
Net income in Euro’s | N | 0.021 | ||||
500–999 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
1000–1499 | 9 | 10 | 4 | |||
1500–1999 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |||
2000 or more | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
Physical activities | N | 0.001 | ||||
never | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
Rarely | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
monthly | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
weekly | 8 | 2 | 4 |