Table 5 Distribution (%) of functional limitations based on a modified 15-item Katz Index across six frailty subpopulations
From: The frail older person does not exist: development of frailty profiles with latent class analysis
Functional limitations - % of respondents needing help with an activity | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you need help taking care of your house? | 54.6 | 19.1 | 91.4 | 49.3 | 98.4 | 93.6 | 99.3 |
Do you need help travelling? | 36.2 | 5.2 | 67.9 | 17.7 | 91.7 | 75.1 | 99.0 |
Do you need help shopping? | 32.3 | 3.3 | 61.7 | 14.9 | 91.0 | 70.6 | 98.9 |
Do you need help walking about? | 29.9 | 4.4 | 55.9 | 13.3 | 81.0 | 57.0 | 88.1 |
Do you use incontinence products? | 29.7 | 11.9 | 41.4 | 22.1 | 59.7 | 48.9 | 83.8 |
Do you need help preparing a meal? | 24.7 | 3.9 | 38.7 | 6.8 | 81.0 | 41.7 | 98.3 |
Do you need help with taking a bath or shower? | 21.8 | 1.0 | 32.1 | 3.5 | 84.4 | 35.4 | 99.4 |
Do you need help handling your finances? | 19.2 | 7.8 | 28.6 | 6.0 | 49.6 | 23.2 | 83.3 |
Do you need help getting dressed? | 15.4 | 0.6 | 18.2 | 1.7 | 67.2 | 20.6 | 97.2 |
Do you need help taking your medications? | 12.6 | 1.0 | 14.6 | 2.8 | 42.8 | 14.7 | 83.4 |
Do you need help sitting down and getting up from a chair? | 9.8 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 2.0 | 35.2 | 13.9 | 71.8 |
Do you need help toileting? | 7.2 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 29.4 | 4.2 | 76.2 |
Do you need help using the telephone? | 6.5 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 20.1 | 7.3 | 61.5 |
Do you need help brushing your hair or shaving? | 5.3 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 17.2 | 2.4 | 71.4 |
Do you need help with eating? | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 43.6 |