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. 2013 Mar 14;6:145–151. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S40576

Table 3.

Number and rate of transitionsa between frailty states and death and type of transition

From To All Telemonitoring Usual care



Baseline to 6 months 6 to 12 months Baseline to 6 months 6 to 12 months Baseline to 6 months 6 to 12 months
Nonfrail (%)
Nonfrail 43 (65) 60 (97) 16 (57) 21 (91) 27 (71) 39 (100)
Prefrail 22 (33) 0 12 (43) 0 10 (26) 0
Frail 0 0 0 0 0 0
Death 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 2 (9) 1 (3) 0
Total 66 62 28 23 38 39
Prefrail (%)
Nonfrail 21 (29) 0 9 (26) 0 12 (32) 0
Prefrail 41 (56) 70 (96) 21 (60) 36 (95) 20 (53) 34 (97)
Frail 9 (12) 0 3 (9) 0 6 (16) 0
Death 2 (3) 3 (4) 2 (6) 2(5) 0 1 (3)
Total 73 73 35 38 38 35
Frail (%)
Nonfrail 1 (4) 0 0 0 1 (7) 0
Prefrail 17 (63) 0 6 (46) 0 11 (79) 0
Frail 7 (26) 12 (92) 5 (38) 6 (86) 2 (14) 6 (100)
Death 2 (7) 1 (8) 2 (15) 1 (14) 0 0
Total 27 13 13 7 14 6
Transition type (%)
Same or better 130 (78) 142 (96) 57 (75) 63 (93) 73 (81) 79 (99)
Worse or death 36 (22) 6 (4) 19 (25) 5 (7) 17 (19) 1 (1)
Total 166 148 76 68 90 80

Note:

a

Transition rates were calculated based on participants who had data on frailty or death at the beginning and ending time point for the follow-up period.