Table 3.
Characteristics of 639 participants
| Variables | Participants, Mean (SD) or n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | 78.9 (5.95) |
| Sex, Female | 359 (56.2) |
| Median time in days between the SOF and Fried frailty evaluations (IQR) | 106 (103) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 97 (15.3) |
| Married | 274 (43.3) |
| Divorced | 120 (19) |
| Widowed | 132 (20.9) |
| Cohabitation | 10 (1.6) |
| Educational level | |
| Illiterate | 14 (2.2) |
| Primary school | 36 (5.7) |
| Lower secondary | 161 (25.4) |
| Upper secondary | 107 (16.9) |
| University | 317 (49.9) |
| Individual self-administered questionnaire items | |
| Unintentional weight loss | 155 (24.3) |
| Inability to rise from a chair 5 times without using arms | 130 (20.3) |
| Reduced energy | 256 (40.1) |
| Individual Fried frailty items | |
| Unintentional weight loss | 122 (19.1) |
| Exhaustion | 184 (28.8) |
| Low physical activity level | 228 (35.7) |
| Slowness | 86 (13.5) |
| Weakness | 220 (34.4) |
| Frailty status by self-administered questionnaire | |
| Frail | 159 (24.9) |
| Prefrail | 172 (26.9) |
| Robust | 308 (48.2) |
| Frailty status by Fried frailty phenotype | |
| Frail | 114 (17.8) |
| Prefrail | 295 (46.2) |
| Robust | 230 (36) |
IQR: interquartile range