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Table 1 Study characteristics stratified by study setting

From: A scoping review of the Clinical Frailty Scale

 

All

Hospital

Long-term Care

Outpatient Clinic

Community

Hospital and Community

Articles n (%)

183 (100)

115 (63.2)

10 (5.5)

13 (7.1)

32 (17.6)

12 (6.6)

Year n (%)

 2015+

114 (62.2)

80 (69.6)

4 (40.0)

10 (76.9)

11 (34.4)

9 (75.0)

 2010–2014

63 (34.4)

34 (29.6)

5 (50.0)

3 (23.1)

19 (59.4)

2 (16.7)

 2005–2009

6 (3.3)

1 (0.9)

1 (10.0)

0

2 (6.3)

1 (8.3)

Language n (%)

 English

168 (91.8)

103 (89.6)

9 (90.0)

13 (100)

31 (96.9)

11 (91.7)

 German

5 (2.7)

5 (4.3)

0

0

0

0

 Spanish

2 (1.1)

1 (0.9)

0

0

0

0

 Japanese

3 (1.6)

2 (1.7)

0

0

0

1 (8.3)

 Italian

2 (1.1)

2 (1.7)

0

0

0

0

 Polish

2 (1.1)

1 (0.9)

0

0

1 (3.1)

0

 Cantonese

1 (0.5)

1 (0.9)

0

0

0

0

Country n (%)

 Canada

53 (28.9)

32 (27.8)

3 (30.0)

4 (30.8)

8 (25.0)

6 (50.0)

 UK

39 (21.3)

30 (26.1)

2 (20.0)

2 (15.4)

2 (6.3)

3 (25.0)

 USA

6 (3.3)

4 (3.5)

0

0

1 (3.1)

0

 Australia

10 (5.5)

8 (7.0)

0

0

2 (6.3)

0

 Germany

10 (5.5)

7 (6.1)

0

2 (15.4)

1 (3.1)

0

 Italy

6 (3.3)

5 (4.3)

0

1 (7.7)

0

0

 Ireland

9 (4.9)

3 (2.6)

0

0

6 (18.8)

0

 Taiwan

8 (4.4)

3 (2.6)

0

0

5 (15.6)

0

 Japan

8 (4.4)

3 (2.6)

2 (20.0)

1 (7.7)

1 (3.1)

1 (8.3)

 Poland

6 (3.3)

4 (3.5)

1 (10.0)

0

1 (3.1)

0

 Netherlands

4 (2.2)

2 (1.7)

0

1 (7.7)

1 (3.1)

0

 China

3 (1.6)

1 (0.9)

1 (10.0)

0

1 (3.1)

0

 Colombia

2 (1.1)

2 (1.7)

0

0

0

0

 Spain

2 (1.1)

1 (0.9)

1 (10.0)

0

0

0

 Singapore

2 (1.1)

1 (0.9)

0

0

1 (3.1)

0

 Othera

7 (3.5)

4 (3.6)

0

1 (7.7)

1 (3.1)

1 (8.3)

 Multiple countries

3 (1.6)

1 (0.9)

0

1 (7.7)

0

1 (8.3)

Number of participants

 # of articles reporting

177

110

9

13

32

12

 Range

1–27,527

1–12,282

15–728

32–3500

1–27,527

7–2305

 Median

 (IQR)

261.0

(100.0–548.5)

305.0

(101.0–530.0)

160.0

(93.0–279.0)

124.0

(86.0–1023.5)

261.5

(95.3–803.0)

164.0

(44.0–525.0)

Mean age of participants

 # of articles reporting

135

84

7

9

24

11

 Range

54.0–93.0

55.6–93.0

82.0–90.9

72.0–85.4

56.68–87.2

54.0–84.4

 Median

 (IQR)

79.0

(71.4–82.9)

79.8

(70.8–82.9)

85.5

(82.9–88.0)

81.3

(75.4–83.0)

76.0

(70.9–79.5)

79.0

(62.0–84.2)

Percentage of females

 # of articles reporting

150

91

8

12

27

12

 Range

0.0–100.0

0.0–90.7

64.0–88.8

23.5–77.8

32.0–100.0

29.0–100.0

 Median

 (IQR)

54.5

(44.0–64.0)

50.6

(41.8–57.0)

77.5

(74.0–79.6)

55.9

(37.8–74.1)

58.6

(52.5–64.0)

59.6

(50.3–68.8)

Study design n (%)

 Observational

156 (85.2)

101 (64.7)

10 (6.4)

11 (7.1)

25 (16.0)

9 (5.8)

 Experimental

25 (13.7)

12 (48.0)

2 (8.0)

2 (8.0)

6 (24.0)

3 (12.0)

 Qualitative

2 (1.1)

1 (50.0)

0

0

1 (50.0)

0

  1. Note that as one article did not specify setting, it is only included in the “All” column
  2. aOther countries included New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Brazil, Austria, France and Lithuania
  3. # number; IQR interquartile range