Table III.
Frailty outcomes, categorized by Clinical Frailty Scale.
| Outcome | CFS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | p-value | |
| Patients, n | 37 | 112 | 222 | 236 | 227 | 249 | 156 | 14 | 2 | |
| 30-day mortality, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.8) | 6 (2.7) | 11 (4.7) | 19 (8.4) | 18 (7.2) | 14 (9.0) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001* |
| Presence of complications, n (%) | 8 (21.6) | 27 (24.1) | 91 (41.0) | 120 (50.8) | 112 (49.3) | 126 (50.6) | 72 (46.2) | 6 (42.9) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001* |
| Own home to institution, n (%) | 2 (5.6) | 9 (8.6) | 56 (28.7) | 100 (49.3) | 99 (57.9) | 102 (66.2) | 59 (80.8) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0.427† |
| Own home to own home, n (%) | 34 (91.9) | 96 (86.5) | 139 (64.1) | 103 (46.2) | 72 (35.1) | 52 (28.4) | 14 (16.1) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (50.0) | < 0.001* |
| Mean length of stay, days (95% CI) | 9.03 (7.81 to 10.25) | 11.69 (10.67 to 12.72) | 15.17 (14.04 to 16.30) | 18.11 (16.51 to 19.70) | 18.12 (16.40 to 19.85) | 18.64 (16.92 to 20.35) | 18.28 (15.99 to 20.58) | 15.69 (10.08 to 21.30) | 9.00 (-3.71 to 21.71) | < 0.001‡ |
*
Chi-squared test.
†
Spearman's correlation test.
‡
Analysis of variance with Levene's test for homogeneity and Welch test.
CFS, Clinical Frailty Scale; CI, confidence interval.