Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of frail and non-frail subjects

	Non-frail (FFS < 3)	Frail (FFS ≥ 3)	Sig. (2-tailed)
N	27	18
Female gender: n (%)	9 (33.3)	13 (72.2)	0.010
Mean age: (SD)	80.5 (5.6)	82.9 (4.3)	0.122
Mean caregiver ZBI score: (SD)	13.9 (8.6)	20.7 (11.4)	0.028
Mean Katz Index (ADL) score: (SD)	10.7 (3.1)	11.1 (1.3)	0.606
Marital status: n (%)
Single	0 (0.0)	1 (5.6)	0.225
Married	17 (63.0)	6 (33.3)	0.053
Widowed	3 (11.1)	10 (55.6)	0.001
Divorced	3 (11.1)	1 (5.6)	0.532
Incomplete	4 (14.8)	0 (0.0)	0.091
Living arrangement: n (%)
Alone	8 (29.6)	5 (27.8)	0.896
With family	18 (66.7)	10 (55.6)	0.463
Other	0 (0.0)	1 (5.6)	0.225
Incomplete	1 (3.7)	2 (11.1)	0.340
Clinical Diagnosis of Dementia	14 (51.9)	6 (33.3)	0.230