Table II.
Patient demographic data, pre-admission residence, functional status, and number of comorbidities categorized by Clinical Frailty Scale.
| Characteristic | CFS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Patients, n (%) | 37 (2.9) | 112 (8.9) | 222 (17.7) | 236 (18.8) | 227 (18.1) | 249 (19.8) | 156 (12.4) | 14 (1.1) | 2 (0.2) |
| Male, n | 9 | 37 | 76 | 76 | 63 | 60 | 39 | 3 | 2 |
| Female (%) | 28 (75.7) | 75 (67.0) | 146 (65.8) | 160 (67.8) | 164 (72.2) | 189 (75.9) | 117 (75.0) | 11 (78.6) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mean age (95% CI) | 76.95 (74.24 to 79.65) | 77.18 (75.56 to 78.60) | 81.80 (80.90 to 82.70) | 85.53 (82.57 to 84.50) | 84.84 (83.82 to 85.86) | 86.47 (85.60 to 87.35) | 86.57 (85.45 to 87.69) | 88.36 (86.05 to 90.66) | 85.0 (-16.65 to 186.65) |
| Mean AMTS (95% CI) | 9.76 (9.57 to 9.94) | 9.32 (9.02 to 9.61) | 8.73 (8.46 to 9.00) | 8.02 (7.67 to 8.37) | 7.05 (6.64 to 7.45) | 4.86 (4.41 to 5.32) | 2.31 (0.31 to 3.69) | 2.0 (0.31 to 3.69) | 4.5 (-52.68 to 61.88) |
| Mean NHFS (95% CI) | 3.89 (3.55 to 4.23) | 4.05 (3.86 to 4.24) | 4.52 (4.36 to 4.67) | 4.86 (4.71 to 5.02) | 5.23 (5.08 to 5.39) | 5.67 (5.53 to 5.82) | 6.03 (5.85 to 6.20) | 6.29 (5.43 to 7.15) | 8.0 (-4.71 to 20.71) |
| Underweight, n (%) | 5 (14.3) | 5 (5.0) | 14 (6.9) | 21 (9.8) | 30 (15.2) | 33 (15.9) | 23 (19.3) | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Overweight, n (%) | 8 (22.9) | 40 (39.6) | 67 (32.8) | 80 (37.2) | 62 (31.5) | 52 (25.1) | 18 (15.1) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Under/overweight, n (%) | 13 (37.1) | 45 (44.6) | 81 (39.7) | 101 (47.0) | 92 (46.7) | 85 (41.1) | 41 (34.5) | 3 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Pre-admission residence, n | |||||||||
| Own home | 37 | 111 | 217 | 223 | 205 | 183 | 87 | 6 | 2 |
| Residential care | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 43 | 2 | 0 |
| Nursing home | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
| Pre-admission mobility, n (%) | |||||||||
| Freely mobile, | 35 (94.6) | 97 (86.6) | 141 (63.5) | 73 (30.9) | 44 (19.4) | 34 (13.7) | 30 (19.2) | 2 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mobile with 1 aid | 2 (5.4) | 13 (11.6) | 64 (28.8) | 114 (48.3) | 75 (33.0) | 49 (19.7) | 21 (13.5) | 3 (21.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mobile with 2 aids/frame | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 15 (6.8) | 42 (17.8) | 95 (41.9) | 118 (47.4) | 56 (35.9) | 3 (21.4) | 1 (50.0) |
| Some indoor, no outdoor mobility | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.9) | 5 (2.1) | 10 (4.4) | 42 (16.9) | 37 (23.7) | 3 (21.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| No functional mobility | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 8 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) |
| Need assistance with ADLs | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.7) | 13 (5.9) | 39 (16.5) | 61 (26.9) | 90 (36.1) | 84 (53.8) | 6 (42.9) | 1 (50.0) |
| Mean comorbidities per patient, n (95% CI) | 1.19 (0.85 to 1.53) | 1.54 (1.30 to 1.79) | 2.10 (1.89 to 2.31) | 2.43 (2.19 to 2.66) | 3.07 (2.84 to 3.30) | 3.20 (2.99 to 3.41) | 3.35 (3.08 to 3.61) | 3.79 (2.58 to 4.99) | 1.50 (-4.85 to 7.85) |
ADLs, activities of daily living; AMTS, Abbreviated Mental Test Score; CFS, Clinical Frailty Scale; CI, confidence interval; NHFS, Nottingham Hip Fracture Score.