Table 2.
Effects of intervention on frailty score and status.
| CON group (n = 26) | EX group (n = 24) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Post | Baseline | Post | ||
| Frailty status (mean ± SD) | 1.92 ± 0.56 | 1.92 ± 1.29 | 2 ± 0.65 | 1.58 ± 0.50∗∗ | <0.01 |
| Number of category: robust (n) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Number of category: prefrail (n) | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | |
| Number of category: frail (n) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
| Frailty score (mean ± SD) | 1.46 ± 1.20 | 2.19 ± 0.63∗∗ | 1.45 ± 1.28 | 0.87 ± 0.79∗∗ | <0.01 |
| Frailty criteria | |||||
| Number of shrinking (n) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Number of weakness (n) | 16 | 11 | 14 | 2 | |
| Number of exhaustion (n) | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
| Number of slowness (n) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Number of low activity (n) | 7 | 18 | 9 | 7 | |
Frailty categories (robust, prefrail, and frail) were converted to 1 (robust), 2 (prefrail), and 3 (frail) for two-way repeated measures ANOVA. ∗P < 0.05 compared with prefrail; ∗∗P < 0.01 compared with prefrail.