Table 3.
Hospital Discharge |
Six Months after Discharge |
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No Increased Disability (n = 36) | Increased Disability (n = 41) | P Value* | No Increased Disability (n = 45) | Died/Increased Disability (n = 31) | P Value* | |
Frailty marker,† n (%) | ||||||
Weight loss/malnutrition | 7 (19.4) | 9 (22.0) | 1.000 | 11 (24.4) | 5 (16.1) | 0.568 |
Fatigue/low energy | 8 (22.2) | 10 (24.4) | 1.000 | 8 (17.8) | 9 (29.0) | 0.292 |
Decreased mobility | 16 (44.4) | 29 (70.7) | 0.023 | 21 (46.7) | 22 (71.0) | 0.059 |
Decreased strength | 12 (33.3) | 20 (48.8) | 0.247 | 12 (26.7) | 19 (61.3) | 0.004 |
Impaired moderate physical activity | 17 (47.2) | 28 (68.3) | 0.069 | 21 (46.7) | 23 (74.2) | 0.020 |
Cognitive impairment | 4 (11.1) | 5 (12.2) | 1.000 | 5 (11.1) | 4 (12.9) | 1.000 |
Sensory impairment | 7 (19.4) | 9 (22.0) | 1.000 | 9 (20.0) | 7 (22.6) | 0.783 |
Two possible frailty phenotypes,‡ n (%) | ||||||
≥2 of 7 frailty markers | 19 (52.8) | 31 (75.6) | 0.036 | 24 (53.3) | 25 (80.7) | 0.014 |
≥3 of 7 frailty markers | 16 (44.4) | 24 (58.5) | 0.257 | 17 (37.8) | 22 (71.0) | 0.005 |
P value presented is from χ2 or Fisher exact test.
See Table E1 for an overview of the assessment and cutoff used to capture the frailty markers.
Frailty phenotype defined as at least two or three frailty markers of the seven markers.