Table 1.
Participant Demographic Characteristics and Response to TFI.
| Perceived FE (n = 24) |
Non-FE (n = 13) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age | 69.04 | 11.78 | 70.38 | 13.45 |
| Education | 15.83 | 2.54 | 16.00 | 2.73 |
| Sex (%F) | 75% | – | 38% | – |
| Race/Ethnicity (% Non-Hispanic White)1 | 70% | – | 69% | – |
| MoCA | 27.83 | 1.40 | 27.77 | 2.04 |
| TFI Total Frailty* | 4.45 | 2.91 | 2.5 | 2.22 |
| Physical subscale* | 2.12 | 1.96 | 0.76 | 1.09 |
| Psychological subscale | 1.25 | 1.18 | 0.69 | 0.85 |
| Social subscale | 1.08 | .82 | 1.07 | 0.75 |
Note. TFI = Tilburg Frailty Inventory; Perceived FE = financially exploited; Non-FE = non-financially exploited; MoCA = Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
1
n = 1 perceived FE and one non-FE participant chose not to respond to race and ethnicity.
*
Statistically significant difference between groups (p < .05); independent t-test was used for Total Frailty; Mann-Whitney test was used for all subscales.