Table 2 Frailty characteristics stratified by setting
All | Hospital | Long-term Care | Outpatient Clinic | Community | Hospital and Community | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Articles n (%) | 183 (100.0) | 115 (63.2) | 10 (5.5) | 13 (7.1) | 32 (17.6) | 12 (6.6) |
Site of CFS assessment n (%) | ||||||
# articles reporting | 180 | 112 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 12 |
On site | 137 (76.1) | 85 (75.9) | 8 (90.0) | 10 (76.9) | 24 (75.0) | 9 (75.0) |
Retrospectively | 27 (15.0) | 18 (16.1) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (15.4) | 4 (12.5) | 2 (16.7) |
On-site & retrospective | 13 (7.2) | 9 (8.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (3.2) | 1 (8.3) |
Telephone | 3 (1.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (9.4) | 0 |
Times CFS assessed n (%) | ||||||
Once | 173 (94.5) | 110 (95.6) | 10 (100.0) | 11 (84.6) | 29 (90.6) | 12 (100.0) |
Twice | 8 (80.0) | 3 (33.3) | 0 | 2 (20.0) | 3 (33.3) | 0 |
Three times | 1 (10.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Four times | 1 (10.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Person administering CFS n (%) | ||||||
# articles reporting | 111 | 69 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 8 |
Researchers | 51 (45.9) | 33 (47.8) | 0 | 1 (14.3) | 13 (54.1) | 4 (50.0) |
Physicians | 27 (24.3) | 17 (24.6) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (14.3) | 5 (20.8) | 3 (37.5) |
Nurse/NP | 11 (9.9) | 8 (121.6) | 0 | 0 | 3 (12.5) | 0 |
Other staffa | 4 (3.6) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (10.0) | 0 | 1 (4.2) | 1 (12.5) |
Clinical staff not reported | 4 (3.6) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (28.6) | 0 | 0 |
Mixed | 14 (12.6) | 9 (13.0) | 0 | 3 (42.9) | 1 (4.2) | 0 |
Version of CFS used n (%) | ||||||
# articles reporting | 153 | 96 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 9 |
7-point | 89 (58.2) | 48 (50.0) | 5 (55.6) | 7 (77.8) | 22 (73.3) | 7 (77.8) |
8-point | 6 (3.9) | 5 (5.2) | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.3) | 0 |
9-point | 58 (37.9) | 43 (44.8) | 4 (44.4) | 2 (22.2) | 7 (23.3) | 9 (22.2) |
Frailty cut-point n (%) | ||||||
# articles reporting | 58 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
3 | 1 (1.7) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 15 (25.9) | 10 (23.8) | 0 | 3 (75.0) | 2 (22.2) | 0 |
5 | 40 (68.9) | 29 (69.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (25.0) | 7 (77.8) | 2 (100.0) |
6 | 2 (3.4) | 2 (4.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frailty prevalence % | ||||||
# articles reporting | 66 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
Range | 2.4–100.0 | 2.4–87.5 | 75.6–100.0 | 25.0–48.0 | 2.9–77.0 | 11.1–71.0 |
Median (IQR) | 32.8 (21.3–51.1) | 31.9 (21.3–47.7) | 87.8 (N/A) | 34.7 (25.6–46.5) | 40.25 (16.8–54.3) | 44.4 (16.5–67.3) |
Reason frailty measured n (%) | ||||||
Risk stratification | 85 (46.4) | 61 (53.0) | 6 (60.0) | 5 (38.5) | 8 (25.0) | 4 (33.3) |
Inclusion/exclusion | 14 (7.7) | 5 (4.3) | 0 | 1 (7.7) | 6 (18.8) | 2 (16.7) |
Comparison with other scales | 7 (3.8) | 3 (2.6) | 0 | 1 (7.7) | 3 (9.4) | 0 |
Outcome measure | 9 (4.9) | 6 (5.2) | 0 | 2 (15.4) | 0 | 1 (8.3) |
Clinical decision | 3 (1.6) | 3 (2.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Descriptive only | 33 (18.0) | 20 (17.4) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (15.3) | 7 (21.9) | 2 (16.7) |
Risk stratification and comparison of scales | 21 (11.5) | 11 (9.6) | 2 (20.0) | 1 (7.7) | 5 (15.6) | 2 (16.7) |
Other mixed uses | 10 (5.5) | 6 (5.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (8.3) |