Table 4.
Components of the FRAIL scale and their association with frailty and prevalence of frailty between patients who scored “1” and “0” for each component of the FRAIL scale.
| FRAIL scale | Clinical frailty scale (CFS) | Prevalence of frailty | ||||||||
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| Frail, N = 17 | Not frail, N = 78 | p | Frail, N = 21 | Not frail, N = 74 | p | FRAIL | CFS | Ratio of prevalence | p | |
| 1. Fatigue | ||||||||||
| Score = 1, 18(18.9%) | 7 (41.2%) | 11 (14.1%) | 0.017 | 5 (23.8%) | 13 (17.6%) | 0.536 | 7 (38.9%) | 5 (27.8%) | 0.715 | 0.687 |
| Score = 0, 77(81.1%) | 10 (58.8%) | 67 (85.9%) | 16 (76.2%) | 61 (82.4%) | 10 (13.0%) | 16 (20.8%) | 1.600 | 0.146 | ||
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| 2. Resistance | ||||||||||
| Score = 1, 32(33.7%) | 17 (100%) | 15 (19.2%) | <0.001 | 15 (71.4%) | 17 (23.0%) | <0.001 | 17 (53.1%) | 15 (46.9%) | 0.883 | 0.774 |
| Score = 0, 63(66.3%) | 0 | 63 (80.8%) | 6 (28.6%) | 57 (77.0%) | 0 | 6 (9.5%) | N/Aa | N/Aa | ||
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| 3. Ambulation | ||||||||||
| Score = 1, 19(20.0%) | 14 (82.4%) | 5 (6.4%) | <0.001 | 14 (66.7%) | 5 (6.8%) | <0.001 | 14 (73.7) | 14 (73.7%) | 1.000 | >0.999 |
| Score = 0, 76(80.0%) | 3 (17.6%) | 73 (93.6%) | 7 (33.3%) | 69 (93.2%) | 3 (3.9%) | 7 (9.2%) | 2.359 | 0.344 | ||
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| 4. Illness | ||||||||||
| Score = 1, 19(20.0%) | 11 (64.7%) | 8 (10.3%) | <0.001 | 7 (33.3%) | 12 (16.2%) | 0.120 | 11 (57.9%) | 7 (36.8%) | 0.635 | 0.219 |
| Score = 0, 76(80.0%) | 6 (35.3%) | 70 (89.7%) | 14 (66.7%) | 62 (83.8%) | 6 (7.9%) | 14 (18.4%) | 2.329 | 0.039 | ||
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| 5. Loss of weight | ||||||||||
| Score = 1, 13(13.7%) | 6 (35.3%) | 7 (9.0%) | 0.011 | 6 (28.6%) | 7 (9.5%) | 0.035 | 6 (46.2%) | 6 (46.2%) | 1.000 | >0.999 |
| Score = 0, 82(86.3%) | 11 (64.7%) | 71 (91.0%) | 15 (71.4%) | 67 (90.5%) | 11 (13.4%) | 15 (18.3%) | 1.366 | 0.424 | ||
aNot applicable. 1. Fatigue: feel tired all or most of the time; 2. Resistance: difficult to walk 10 steps without rest and unaided; 3. Ambulation: difficult to walk several hundred yards unaided; 4. Illness: more than 4 of the following illnesses: hypertension, diabetes, cancer other than minor skin cancer, chronic lung disease, heart attack, congestive heart failure, angina, asthma, arthritis, stroke, and kidney disease; and 5. Loss of weight: more than 5% loss of weight.