Table 2.
Hospital Trajectory and Outcome of the whole cohort and by frailty (CFS 1–4 “Nonfrail” versus CFS 5–8 “Frail”).
| Hospital Trajectory and Outcome | All (n = 214) |
Non-Frail (n = 72) |
Frail (n = 142) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward moves, % (n) | 0.021 | |||
| Up to 1 | 42.1 (90) | 44.4 (32) | 40.8 (58) | |
| 2 | 33.2 (71) | 27.8 (20) | 35.9 (51) | |
| 3 | 15.4 (33) | 12.5 (9) | 16.9 (24) | |
| 4 or more | 9.4 (20) | 14.3 (11) | 6.4 (9) | |
| Admission to High Care, % (n) | 10.3 (22) | 29.2 (21) | 0.7 (1) | <0.001 |
| Delirium or new confusion during admission at any point, % (n) | 47.7 (102) | 29.2 (21) | 57.0 (81) | <0.001 |
| Mobility at discharge *, % (n) | <0.001 | |||
| Independent | 35.0 (49) | 75.4 (43) | 7.2 (6) | |
| Stick | 5.7 (8) | 3.5 (2) | 7.2 (6) | |
| Frame | 37.1 (52) | 17.5 (10) | 50.6 (42) | |
| Immobile | 20.0 (28) | 0 (0) | 33.7 (28) | |
| Length of stay, days # | 11 (6, 18) | 8 (4, 17) | 12 (7, 19) | 0.08 |
| Hospital outcomes, % (n) | ||||
| Inpatient Death | 34.6 (74) | 20.8 (15) | 41.6 (59) | 0.003 |
| Death as inpatient or within 14 days of discharge | 38.3 (82) | 22.2 (16) | 46.7 (66) | 0.001 |
| Prolonged length of stay (>10 days) | 53.5 (114) | 45.1 (32) | 57.8 (82) | 0.08 |
| New Institutionalisation * | 5.6 (12) | 3.5 (2) | 12.1 (10) | 0.08 |
| Readmission * | 19.3 (27) | 15.8 (9) | 21.7 (18) | 0.385 |
| Delayed transfer of care * | 46.4 (65) | 26.3 (15) | 60.2 (50) | <0.001 |
# values presented as median with interquartile range; * n = 140 (those who died excluded); CFS: Clinical Frailty Scale; Nonfrail = CFS 1–4 and Frail= CFS 5–8. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to missing data.