Prevalence of frailty among community dwelling older adults in receipt of low level home support: a cross-sectional analysis of the North Dublin Cohort

Table 6 Factors associated with Frailty (Clinical Frailty Scale)

Variable	Spearman’s Correlation coefficient (r_s)	P value
Age	0.101	0.034
Gender	−0.059	<0.001
Living Status (with others)	0.172	<0.001
Principal Carer Level (non-self)	0.371	<0.001
Home Help Hours	0.371	<0.001
Communication level	0.220	<0.001
Barthel Category^a	0.609	<0.001

CFS 1–9 was used in this analysis. ^aBarthel category: 1(independent) – 5 (maximum dependency)

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