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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population according to frailty classification

From: The utilization of primary healthcare services among frail older adults – findings from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

 

All

Non-frail

Pre-frail

Frail

Pa

 

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

 

Participant charateristics assessed between the years 2011 and 2013

Age (years)

1064

71.0 (2.7)

600

70.7 (2.4)

427

71.4 (3.0)

37

71.4 (2.2)

0.001

Height (cm)

1052

168.4 (9.1)

595

168.9 (9.0)

421

168.0 (9.12)

36

165.4 (9.0)

0.037

Weight (kg)

1052

76.8 (14.3)

595

75.9 (13.2)

421

78.2 (15.4)

36

76.3 (17.0)

0.17

BMI (kg/m2)

1052

27.1 (4.5)

595

26.6 (4.0)

421

27.7 (4.9)

36

27.9 (6.2)

0.003

Women, %

595

55.9

332

55.3

238

55.7

25

67.6

0.35

Smoker, %

120

11.3

50

8.4

65

15.4

5

13.9

0.003

CCI

1054

3.5 (1.4)

592

3.4 (1.4)

425

3.7 (1.4)

37

4.3 (1.7)

<0.001

Education

        

<0.001

Basic or less or unknown, %

343

32.2

160

26.7

166

38.9

17

45.9

 

Upper secondary, %

270

25.4

145

24.2

114

26.7

11

29.7

 

Lower tertiary, %

296

27.8

193

32.2

97

22.7

6

16.2

 

Upper tertiary, %

155

14.6

102

17.0

50

11.7

3

8.1

 

Primary healthcare utilization between the years 2013 and 2017

General practice office visits/year

1064

4.5 (5.1)

600

4.0 (5.1)

427

5.0 (4.8)

37

6.2 (5.9)

<0.001

General practice remote contacts/year

1064

3.9 (4.7)

600

3.3 (3.8)

427

4.8 (5.5)

37

5.1 (4.9)

<0.001

All general practice contacts/year

1064

10.3 (11.2)

600

8.9 (9.5)

427

11.8 (12.4)

37

15.2 (16.7)

<0.001

Physiotherapy contacts/year

1064

0.70 (2.2)

600

0.53 (1.9)

427

0.84 (2.3)

37

1.8 (3.2)

<0.001

All primary healthcare contacts

1064

12.0 (12.4)

600

10.2 (10.2)

427

13.8 (13.9)

37

19.8 (19.7)

<0.001

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, a statistical significance, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index