Table 4 Distribution (%) of morbidities across six frailty profiles
From: The frail older person does not exist: development of frailty profiles with latent class analysis
Morbidities - % of respondents indicating having a specific morbidity | Total (n = 43,704) | Relatively healthy (n = 17,580) | Mild physically frail (n = 6336) | Psychologically frail (n = 10,411) | Severe physically frail (n = 4522) | Medically frail (n = 3339) | Multi-frail (n = 1516) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joint damage (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid wear) of hips or knees | 44.1 | 29.8 | 45.4 | 53.4 | 49.5 | 70.2 | 48.9 |
Hearing problems | 38.7 | 29.4 | 40.3 | 42.4 | 44.8 | 53.9 | 49.9 |
Vision disorders | 32.0 | 18.5 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 42.3 | 56.5 | 46.8 |
Involuntary urinary loss | 25.4 | 10.5 | 30.6 | 23.1 | 44.3 | 46.9 | 64.1 |
Diabetes | 21.9 | 16.7 | 22.9 | 24.4 | 24.7 | 31.9 | 25.0 |
Heart failure | 21.2 | 10.9 | 22.7 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 40.7 | 27.3 |
Osteoporosis | 19.9 | 9.7 | 20.5 | 23.8 | 26.3 | 41.8 | 25.9 |
Asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema or CARA/COPD | 19.2 | 11.1 | 18.3 | 25.1 | 20.8 | 36.3 | 23.6 |
Dizziness with falling | 16.1 | 6.2 | 15.1 | 18.9 | 22.4 | 41.0 | 28.9 |
A form of cancer (malignant disease) | 11.2 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 18.5 | 11.6 |
Prostatism due to benign prostatic hyperplasiaa | 11.0 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 13.7 | 10.4 |
Stroke, brain haemorrhage, cerebral infarction or transient ischaemic attack | 9.3 | 4.2 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 24.1 |
Depression | 9.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 30.8 | 20.2 |
Fractures other than hip | 6.7 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.8 |
Anxiety/panic disorder | 6.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 21.8 | 14.8 |
Dementia | 4.7 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 23.3 |
Hip fracture | 3.8 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 9.2 | 5.8 | 10.2 |