From: Validation of “(fr)AGILE”: a quick tool to identify multidimensional frailty in the elderly
Events | Mortality | Disability | Hospitalization | ||||||
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RR | 95% CI | p | RR | 95% CI | p | RR | 95% CI | p | |
Physical | |||||||||
Help up/down stairs | 3.08 | 1.62–5.87 | 0.001 | 3.36 | 2.08–5.42 | 0.001 | 1.81 | 1.12–2.94 | 0.015 |
Feel everything is an effort | 3.31 | 1.16–9.64 | 0.028 | 1.84 | 0.97–3.49 | 0.061 | 2.38 | 1.16–4.85 | 0.017 |
Grip Strength | 1.46 | 0.67–3.18 | 0.332 | 2.09 | 1.14–3.81 | 0.016 | 0.78 | 0.44–1.39 | 0.413 |
Mental | |||||||||
Temporal orientation deficit at MMSE | 2.31 | 1.23–4.35 | 0.009 | 2.97 | 1.84–4.78 | 0.001 | 1.58 | 0.97–2.55 | 0.061 |
Delayed recall deficit at MMSE | 2.90 | 1.11–7.61 | 0.029 | 3.40 | 1.75–6.61 | 0.001 | 2.07 | 1.08–3.95 | 0.027 |
Feel depressed | 1.92 | 0.91–4.05 | 0.086 | 1.88 | 1.09–3.25 | 0.023 | 1.19 | 0.69–2.07 | 0.516 |
Nutritional | |||||||||
Lost more than 4.5 Kg in last year | 2.21 | 1.26–3.87 | 0.005 | 1.30 | 0.81–2.09 | 0.266 | 1.42 | 0.88–2.29 | 0.148 |
Help eating | 3.48 | 1.01–6.26 | 0.001 | 1.49 | 0.89–2.50 | 0.125 | 1.76 | 1.05–2.95 | 0.031 |
Socio-economic | |||||||||
Financial help from family members | 1.86 | 1.06–3.26 | 0.029 | 2.20 | 1.41–3.43 | 0.001 | 1.76 | 1.12–2.76 | 0.014 |
Physical help from family members | 0.84 | 0.43–1.65 | 0.847 | 0.64 | 0.38–1.10 | 1.108 | 0.96 | 0.56–1.64 | 0.895 |