Table 2 Mean (SD) frailty scores at baseline (T0) and 3 months post discharge (T1) 

Health anchor

All categories

  much better

24

0.19 (0.12)

0.13 (0.09)

1.38 (1.28)

0.35 (0.65)

  slightly better

24

0.23 (0.19)

0.22 (0.20)

1.57 (1.27)

1.00 (1.18)

  more or less the same

74

0.16 (0.12)

0.13 (0.11)

0.73 (1.12)

0.67 (0.98)

  slightly worse

34

0.19 (0.15)

0.22 (0.16)

0.97 (1.36)

1.09 (1.36)

  much worse

36

0.32 (0.17)

0.60 (0.25)

2.14 (1.40)

3.60 (1.79)

Collapsed categories^a.

  improved

48

0.21 (0.16)

0.17 (0.16)

1.48 (1.27)

0.68 (1.00)

  unchanged

74

0.16 (0.12)

0.13 (0.11)

0.73 (1.12)

0.67 (0.98)

  deteriorated

70

0.26 (0.17)

0.42 (0.28)

1.57 (1.49)

2.38 (2.02)

Functioning anchor

All categories

  much better

16

0.19 (0.13)

0.13 (0.09)

1.60 (1.30)

0.25 (0.45)

  slightly better

21

0.19 (0.18)

0.15 (0.17)

1.29 (1.42)

0.70 (1.03)

  more or less the same

80

0.17 (0.14)

0.16 (0.14)

0.78 (1.15)

0.74 (0.99)

  slightly worse

40

0.21 (0.15)

0.22 (0.16)

1.21 (1.32)

1.08 (1.37)

  much worse

35

0.32 (0.15)

0.61 (0.23)

2.12 (1.39)

3.82 (1.57)

Collapsed categories^a.

  improved

37

0.19 (0.16)

0.14 (0.14)

1.42 (1.36)

0.50 (0.84)

  unchanged

80

0.17 (0.14)

0.16 (0.14)

0.78 (1.15)

0.74 (0.99)

  deteriorated

75

0.26 (0.16)

0.40 (0.28)

1.64 (1.42)

2.34 (2.00)