Table 2.

Background characteristics of older persons in the two study groups at baseline

	Care as usual (n = 232)	FFF approach (n = 232)
Characteristics
Age	82.41 (5.16)	82.45 (5.44)
Sex (female)	168 (72.4%)	168 (72.4%)
Marital status (single)	160 (69.0%)	134 (57.8%)*
Education (low)	97 (41.8%)	97 (41.8%)
Frailty score (TFI)	7.38 (2.39)	7.38 (2.40)
Frail (TFI score ≥ 5)	219 (94.4%)	219 (94.4%)
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 conditions)	208 (89.7%)	215 (92.6%)

Values are presented as mean (SD) or number (%)

TFI: Tilburg Frailty Indicator (range 0–15)

Independent samples t-tests or Chi squared tests

*p < 0.05 (two-tailed)