Table 2.
The item distribution of FRAIL scale depending upon the severities of frailty
| Total (n = 79,887) |
No FRAIL item (n = 28,832) |
1 FRAIL item (n = 40,216) |
2 FRAIL items (n = 10,189) |
≥ 3 FRAIL items (n = 650) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | |||||
| Fatigue (%) | 13,685 (17.1) | 0 (0) | 4,111 (10.2) | 8,959 (87.9) | 615 (94.6) |
| Resistance (%) | 1,050 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 190 (0.5) | 547 (5.4) | 313 (48.2) |
| Ambulation (%) | 474 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 48 (0.1) | 295 (2.9) | 131 (20.2) |
| Illness (%) | 46,297 (58.0) | 0 (0) | 35,620 (88.6) | 10,030 (98.4) | 647 (99.5) |
| Loss of weight (%) | 1,072 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 247 (0.6) | 547 (5.4) | 278 (42.8) |