Table 3 Prevalence of frailty of the study sample for AGILE items stratified for frailty degree and domain of multidimensional frailty
From: Validation of “(fr)AGILE”: a quick tool to identify multidimensional frailty in the elderly
Item | All (n.400) | Light (n.72) | Moderate (n.260) | Severe (n.68) | p per trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(%, n.) | (%, n.) | (%, n.) | (%, n.) | ||
Physical | |||||
Help up/down stairs | 51.8 (207) | 1.4 (1) | 53.5 (139) | 98.5 (67) | 0.001 |
Feel everything is an effort | 83.8 (335) | 43.1 (31) | 90.8 (236) | 100.0 (68) | 0.001 |
Grip Strength | 80.8 (323) | 33.3 (24) | 88.8 (231) | 100.0 (68) | 0.001 |
Mental | |||||
Temporal orientation deficit at MMSE | 55.0 (220) | 12.5 (9) | 56.5 (147) | 94.1 (64) | 0.001 |
Delayed recall deficit at MMSE | 80.8 (323) | 51.4 (37) | 84.2 (219) | 98.5 (67) | 0.001 |
Feel depressed | 75.8 (303) | 26.4 (19) | 83.8 (218) | 97.1 (66) | 0.001 |
Nutritional | |||||
Lost more than 4.5 Kg in last year | 29.3 (117) | 12.5 (9) | 24.2 (63) | 66.2 (45) | 0.001 |
Help eating | 23.5 (94) | 0.0 (0) | 16.9 (44) | 73.5 (50) | 0.001 |
Socio-economic | |||||
Financial help from family members | 52.8 (211) | 44.4 (32) | 42.2 (76) | 69.6 (103) | 0.001 |
Physical help from family members | 22.0 (88) | 18.1 (13) | 19.4 (35) | 25.0 (37) | 0.181 |