Table 5. Associations between frailty and significant ADL impairment (n=2972).
| Non-frail (n=1270) | Pre-frail
(n=1324) |
Frail
(n=212) |
P for trend * | Unable to score
(n=167) |
Whole cohort
(n=2972) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any ADL impairment (%) | 264 (20.8) | 390 (29.5) | 130 (61.3) | <0.001 | 67 (50.3) | 851 (28.6) |
| Difficulty walking (%) | 216 (17.0) | 337 (25.5) | 119 (56.1) | <0.001 | 65 (38.9) | 737 (24.8) |
| Difficulty dressing (%) | 32 (2.5) | 59 (4.5) | 31 (14.6) | <0.001 | 23 (13.8) | 145 (4.9) |
| Difficulty bathing (%) | 50 (3.9) | 95 (7.2) | 38 (17.9) | <0.001 | 23 (13.8) | 206 (6.9) |
| Difficulty eating (%) | 61 (4.8) | 67 (5.1) | 25 (11.8) | 0.004 | 14 (8.4) | 167 (5.6) |
| Difficulty transferring (%) | 44 (3.5) | 82 (6.2) | 43 (20.3) | <0.001 | 27 (16.2) | 196 (6.6) |
| Difficulty toileting (%) | 45 (3.5) | 107 (8.1) | 54 (25.5) | <0.001 | 30 (18.0) | 236 (7.9) |
*trend across non-frail, prefrail and frail
ADL: Activities of Daily Living