Table 3.
FS evaluation in each domain: global, physical, psychological, and social
| Tilburg scale scores (patients) | Total N=91 |
Age (years)
|
Comparison resulta | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65–75 N=37 |
76–85 N=40 |
86–92 N=14 |
|||
| Global | |||||
| M ± SD | 7.43±2.57 | 5.70±2.22 | 8.42±2.18 | 9.14±1.79 | |
| Me (Q1; Q3) | 8 (5; 9) | 5 (4; 8) | 8 (7; 10) | 9 (8; 10) | P<0.001 |
| Min–Max | 1–13 | 1–11 | 4–13 | 5–12 | |
| Physical | |||||
| M ± SD | 5.04±1.88 | 3.49±1.63 | 6.05±1.18 | 6.29±1.14 | |
| Me (Q1; Q3) | 5 (4; 6) | 3 (2; 5) | 6 (5; 7) | 6 (6; 7) | P<0.001 |
| Min–Max | 0–8 | 0–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | |
| Psychological | |||||
| M ± SD | 1.53±0.96 | 1.32±0.91 | 1.62±0.98 | 1.79±0.97 | |
| Me (Q1; Q3) | 2 (1; 2) | 1 (1; 2) | 2 (1; 2) | 2 (1; 2) | P=0.159 |
| Min–Max | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| Social | |||||
| M ± SD | 0.88±0.74 | 0.89±0.77 | 0.82±0.71 | 1.00±0.78 | |
| Me (Q1; Q3) | 1 (0; 1) | 1 (0; 1) | 1 (0; 1) | 1 (0; 2) | P=0.716 |
| Min–Max | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |
Notes:
a
Kruskal–Wallis test. Data in bold indicates statistical significance.
Abbreviations: FS, frailty syndrome; M, mean; Max, the value of the largest; Me, median; Min, the smallest value; Q1, lower quartile (25th percentile); Q3, the upper quartile (75th percentile); SD, standard deviation.