Table 5.

Effects of TFI and socioclinical factors on the psychological area of QoL

Variable		Multivariate analysis*				Univariate analysis
		Correlation coefficient		p**
Regression parameter	95% CI		p	Regression parameter	95% CI
Physical components		−0.579	−0.883	−0.276	<0.001	−0.475		<0.001
Psychological components		−0.06	−0.563	0.443	0.813	0.022		0.831
Social components		−0.465	−1.03	0.099	0.105	−0.238		0.017
Age		−0.042	−0.093	0.009	0.102	−0.21		0.036
Number of hospitalizations in the last year		−0.129	−0.485	0.227	0.472	−0.167		0.098
Illness duration		0.005	−0.051	0.061	0.853	−0.185		0.065
TFI	No frailty	Ref. item				16.65 (1.53)	17 (16–17)	0.004
Frailty	1.075	−0.333	2.483	0.133	15.18 (1.98)	15 (13–17)
Gender	Male	Ref. item				16.03 (1.78)	16 (15–17)	<0.001
Female	−1.157	−1.991	−0.323	0.007	14.59 (1.98)	15 (13–16)

Notes: *Adjusted to marital status, education, professional status, place of residence, comorbidities, medication, smoking.

**Mann-Whitney test/Kruskal-Wallis test.

Abbreviations: TFI, Tilburg Frailty Indicator; SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval; ref., referral; QoL, quality of life.