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. 2021 Sep 30;21:519. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02426-0

Table 2.

prevalence conditions of frailty by demographics characteristics and geriatric syndrome

Characteristics Cases (n = 218) frailty (n = 66) Non-frailty (n = 152) Statistics P value
Age (year) 74.71 ± 8.31 79.23 ± 8.61 72.75 ± 7.39 t = 5.65 < 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 23.82 ± 4.76 23.03 ± 4.30 24.17 ± 4.92 t = 1.63 0.100
Gender [cases (%)] χ2 = 1.86 0.181
 Male 162 (74.30) 45 (27.80) 117 (72.20)
 Female 56 (25.7) 21 (37.50) 35 (62.50)
Admission to hospital [cases (%)] χ2 = 39.39 < 0.001
 walking 169 (77.50) 34 (20.10) 135 (79.90)
 With wheelchair 38 (17.40) 27 (71.10) 11 (28.90)
 With stretcher 11 (5.00) 5 (45.50) 6 (54.50)
Marital status [cases (%)] χ2 = 10.33 0.002
 married 187 (85.80) 49 (26.20) 138 (73.80)
 Single (Divorced or Widowed) 31 (14.20) 18 (54.80) 14 (45.20)
Education [cases (%)] χ2 = 1.22 0.759
 Illiteracy 17 (7.80) 5 (29.40) 12 (70.60)
 Primary or Middle School 75 (34.40) 26 (34.70) 49 (65.30)
 High school 54 (24.80) 16 (29.60) 38 (70.40)
 Diploma or above 72 (33.00) 19 (26.40) 53 (73.60)
Residence [cases (%)]
 Living with Spouse 145 (66.51) 38 (26.20) 107 (73.80) χ2 = 3.40 0.065
 Live with your children 49 (22.48) 14 (28.60) 35 (71.40) χ2 = 0.09 0.768
 Living alone at home 18 (8.26) 8 (44.40) 10 (55.60) χ2 = 1.87 0.172
 To hire a nanny 11 (5.05) 7 (63.60) 4 (36.40) χ2 = 6.12 0.020
Medical insurance [cases (%)] χ2 = 13.70 0.006
 Medical insurance for urban residents 60 (27.50) 18 (30.0) 42 (70.0)
 Provincial/municipal medical insurance 130 (59.60) 33 (25.40) 97 (74.60)
 Public health care 24 (11.00) 13 (54.20) 11 (45.80)
out-of-pocket 4 (1.80) 2 (50.00) 2 (50.00)
 Number of hospitalizations in the past 12 months 1 (1,3) 1 (1,3) 1 (1,2) Z = 0.84 0.401
 With cancer history [cases (%)] 64 (29.36) 20 (31.20) 44 (68.80) χ2 = 0.041 0.872
 With hypertension history [cases (%)] 155 (71.10) 43 (27.70) 112 (72.30) χ2 = 1.63 0.255
 With diabetes mellitus history [cases (%)] 71 (32.57) 22 (31.00) 49 (69.00) χ2 = 0.025 0.876
 With cerebrovascular history disease [cases (%)] 70 (32.11) 29 (41.40) 41 (58.60) χ2 = 6.08 0.018
 Smoking [cases(%)] 65 (29.80) 18 (27.70) 47 (72.30) χ2 = 0.29 0.588
 Drinking alcohol [cases (%)] 58 (26.60) 13 (22.40) 45 (77.60) χ2 = 2.31 0.128
 Vision dysfuction [cases (%)] 16 (7.30) 6 (37.50) 10 (62.50) χ2 = 0.59 0.722
 Hearing dysfunction [cases (%)] 21 (9.60) 15 (71.40) 6 (28.60) χ2 = 19.36 0.001
 Involuntary leakage of urine and wet pants in the past year [cases (%)] 25 (11.50) 13 (52.00) 12 (48.00) χ2 = 6.31 0.012
 Repeated choking and coughing after eating or drinking [cases(%)] 17 (7.80) 9 (52.90) 8 (47.10) χ2 = 4.49 0.034
 With dentures [example (%)] 53 (24.30) 22 (41.50) 31 (58.50) χ2 = 4.19 0.041
 Bedridden status ≥22 h / day for 3 days or more in the past 7 days [case (%)] 35 (16.10) 25 (71.40) 10 (28.60) χ2 = 33.45 < 0.001
 Polypharmacy [cases (%)] 162 (74.30) 57 (35.20) 105 (64.80) χ2 = 7.20 0.007
 NRS score 1.30 ± 0.61 1.50 ± 0.73 1.21 ± 0.54 t = 2.91 0.001
 Barthel index score 84.28 ± 18.81 71.82 ± 20.97 89.68 ± 14.90 t = 6.27 < 0.001
 Caprini score 4.22 ± 2.36 5.33 ± 2.54 3.73 ± 2.09 t = 4.50 < 0.001
 MNA–SF score 11.68 ± 2.62 10.06 ± 2.58 12.38 ± 2.32 t = 6.30 < 0.001
 MMSE score 26.14 ± 5.11 20 (54.10) 17 (45.90) χ2 = 11.94 0.001
 Morse score 44.39 ± 15.49 51.29 ± 16.95 41.39 ± 13.83 t = 4.18 < 0.001
 GDS - 15 score 2 (1,4) 3 (2,6) 2 (1,3) Z = -5.06 0.001