Table 7.

The effects of TFI and socioclinical factors on the environmental area of QoL

Variable		Multivariate analysis *				Univariate analysis
		Correlation coefficient			p**
Regression parameter	95% CI		p	Regression parameter	95% CI
Physical components		−0.464	−0.743	−0.185	0.001	−0.467			<0.001
Psychological components		−0.183	−0.645	0.279	0.434	−0.014			0.889
Social components		−0.214	−0.732	0.304	0.413	−0.165			0.101
Age		−0.017	−0.063	0.029	0.47	−0.27			0.007
Number of hospitalizations in the last year		−0.29	−0.616	0.036	0.081	−0.309			0.002
Illness duration		−0.009	−0.06	0.043	0.744	−0.206			0.04
TFI	No frailty	Ref. item				16.4 (1.98)		16.5 (15.75–18)	0.004
Frailty	1.119	−0.173	2.412	0.089	15.03 (1.8)		15 (14–16)
Gender	Male	Ref. item				15.7 (1.74)		16 (14–17)	0.007
Female	−0.32	−1.086	0.446	0.408	14.67 (2)		14 (14–16)

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.