Table 2 Analyses on background characteristics for different domains of frailty
From: A cross sectional study on the different domains of frailty for independent living older adults
Background characteristics | Total n = 1768 Respondents (%/SD) | Missing (%) | 0 n = 550 (31.1%) | 1 n = 147 (8.3%) | 2 n = 132 (7.5%) | 3 n = 325 (18.4%) | 4 n = 107 (6.1%) | 5 n = 100 (5.7%) | 6 n = 225 (12.7%) | 7 n = 182 (10.3%) |
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Mean Age (SD)** Range: 65–99 | 78.7 (6.4) | 35 (2.0) | 78.19 (6.2) | 80.86 (6.2) | 78.22 (6.0) | 78.83 (6.3) | 78.33 (6.7) | 80.44 (6.7) | 77.26 (6.3) | 79.67 (6.8) |
Posthoc analysis shows significant differences for: 0–1**, 0–5*, 1–2*, 1–3*, 3–4**, 1–6*, 5–7* | ||||||||||
65–74* | 485 (27.4) | 153 (33.4) | 22 (4.8) | 33 (7.2) | 81 (17.7) | 34 (7.4) | 17 (3.7) | 78 (17.0) | 40 (8.7) | |
75–79 | 464 (26.3) | 153 (33.0) | 36 (7.8) | 39 (8.4) | 84 (18.1) | 23 (5.0) | 26 (5.6) | 55 (11.9) | 48 (10.3) | |
80+ | 811 (45.9) | 232 (28.6) | 87 (10.7) | 57 (7.0) | 153 (18.9) | 48 (5.9) | 54 (6.7) | 87 (10.7) | 93 (11.5) | |
Posthoc analysis shows differences compared to the expected for: 65–74: 1 (−), 6 (+), 80+: 1 (+) | ||||||||||
Gender (female)** | 1221 (69.1) | 0 | 310 (56.4) | 86 (58.5) | 83 (62.9) | 267 (82.8) | 64 (59.8) | 81 (81.0) | 180 (80.0) | 151 (83.0) |
Posthoc analysis shows differences compared to the expected for: male: 0, female: 3,6,7 | ||||||||||
Marital status** | 6 (0.3) | |||||||||
Widowed | 904 (51.1) | 201 (36.5) | 53 (36.1) | 43 (32.6) | 234 (72.0) | 23 (21.5) | 70 (70.0) | 158 (70.2) | 122 (67.0) | |
Married | 573 (32.4) | 265 (48.2) | 86 (58.5) | 76 (57.6) | 20 (6.2) | 73 (68.2) | 6 (6.0) | 22 (9.8) | 25 (13.7) | |
Divorced | 179 (10.1) | 49 (8.9) | 5 (3.4) | 9 (6.8) | 41 (12.6) | 8 (7.6) | 14 (14.0) | 27 (12.0) | 26 (14.3) | |
Other | 106 (5.9) | 33 (6.0) | 3 (2.1) | 4 (3.0) | 28 (8.6) | 3 (2.9) | 9 (9.0) | 18 (8.0) | 8 (4.3) | |
Posthoc analysis shows differences compared to the expected for: widowed: 0 (−), 1 (−), 2 (−), 3 (+), 4 (−), 5 (+), 6 (+), 7 (+)| Married: 0 (+), 1 (+), 2 (+), 3 (−), 4 (+), 5 (−), 6 (−), 7(−) | Divorced: 1 (−) | other 1 (−) | ||||||||||
Living situation**a | 12 (0.7) | |||||||||
Independent alone | 1151 (65.1) | 262 (47.6) | 56 (38.1) | 50 (37.9) | 309 (95.1) | 31 (29.0) | 93 (93.0) | 201 (89.3) | 149 (81.9) | |
Independent with others | 579 (32.7) | 280 (50.9) | 85 (57.8) | 79 (59.8) | 14 (4.3) | 76 (71.0) | 5 (5.0) | 19 (8.4) | 21 (11.5) | |
Independent living with possible assistance | 25 (1.4) | 5 (0.9) | 5 (3.4) | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.0) | 3 (1.3) | 10 (5.5) | |
Posthoc analysis shows differences compared to the expected for: Independent alone: 0 (−), 1 (−), 2 (−), 3 (+), 4 (−), 5 (+), 6 (+), 7(+) | Independent with others: 0 (+), 1 (+), 2 (+), 3 (−), 4 (+), 5 (−), 6 (−), 7 (−) | ||||||||||
Income (Lower than €1200 net per month) | 598 (33.8) | 137 (7.7) | 160 (29.1) | 44 (29.9) | 40 (30.3) | 120 (36.9) | 43 (40.2) | 40 (40) | 76 (33.8) | 75 (41.2) |
Health perception** | 8 (0.5) | |||||||||
Excellent/very good | 219 (12.4) | 121 (22) | 2 (1.4) | 11 (15.6) | 62 (19) | 0 | 3 (3) | 19 (8.4) | 1 (0.5) | |
Good | 611 (34.6) | 247 (44.9) | 36 (24.5) | 57 (43.2) | 145 (44.6) | 11 (10.3) | 17 (17) | 81 (36) | 17 (9.3) | |
Reasonable/bad | 930 (52.6) | 178 (32.4) | 108 (73.5) | 64 (48.5) | 117 (36) | 95 (88.8) | 80 (80) | 124 (55.2) | 164 (90.1) | |
Posthoc analysis shows differences compared to the expected for: excellent very good: 0 (+), 1 (−), 3 (−), 4 (−), 5 (−), 7 (−) | good: 0 (+), 1 (−), 3 (+), 4 (−), 5 (−), 7 (−) | reasonable/bad: 0 (−), 1 (+), 3 (−), 4 (+), 5 (+), 7 (+) | ||||||||||
Number of conditions** (Range: 0–11) | 2.61 (1.85) | Unknown | 1.9 (1.4) | 3.6 (1.7) | 2.3 (1.5) | 1.9 (1.3) | 4.1 (1.8) | 3.6 (1.8) | 2.3 (1.6) | 4.5 (2.0) |
Posthoc analysis shows significant differences for: 0–1**, 0–4**, 0–5**, 0–6*, 0–7**, 1–2**, 1–3**, 1–6**, 1–7**, 2–4**, 2–5**, 2–7**, 3–4**, 3–5**, 3–6*, 3–7**, 4–6**, 5–6**, 5–7**, 6–7** | ||||||||||
ADL problems (Range: 0–15)** | 2.2 (2.5) | 51 (2.9) | 1.08 (1.7) | 4.0 (3.2) | 1.6 (2.0) | 1.3 (1.5) | 4.9 (3.3) | 3.5 (2.1) | 1.6 (1.7) | 4.1 (2.6) |
Posthoc analysis shows significant differences for: 0–1*, 0–4**, 0–5**, 0–7**, 1–2**, 1–3**, 1–4*, 1–6**, 2–4**, 2–5**, 2–7**, 3–4**, 3–5**, 3–7**, 4–5**,4–6**, 5–6**, 6–7** | ||||||||||
Help or assistance at home | ||||||||||
Home care** | 762 (43.1) | 23 (1.4) | 145 (26.4) | 82 (55.8) | 43 (32.6) | 129 (39.7) | 66 (61.7) | 71 (71.0) | 90 (40.0) | 136 (74.7) |
Posthoc analysis shows differences compared to the expected for: 0 (−), 1 (+), 4 (+), 5 (+), 7 (+) | ||||||||||
Informal care** | 360 (20.4) | 28 (2.9) | 74 (13.5) | 63 (42.9) | 25 (18.9) | 35 (10.8) | 49 (45.8) | 25 (25) | 22 (9.8) | 67 (36.8) |
Posthoc analysis shows differences compared to the expected for: 0 (−), 1 (+), 3 (−), 4 (+), 6 (−), 7 (+) | ||||||||||