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Table 2 Functional recovery between admission and discharge by frailty status

From: Association of frailty and functional recovery in an Acute Care for Elders unit: a prospective observational study

 

Admission

Discharge

Difference

P-value

ADL

 Total (n = 114)

60.3 ± 31.9

83.7 ± 21.6

23.4 ± 19.7

 < 0.001

 Robust (n = 28)

83.4 ± 15.6

96.8 ± 6.4

13.4 ± 13.5

 < 0.001

 Prefrail (n = 57)

61.6 ± 31.3

85.6 ± 19.0

24.0 ± 20.7

 < 0.001

 Frail (n = 29)

35.5 ± 27.2

67.2 ± 25.8

31.7 ± 19.1

 < 0.001

SPPB

 Total (n = 114)

5.6 ± 3.7

7.8 ± 3.4

2.2 ± 2.5

 < 0.001

 Robust (n = 28)

8.1 ± 2.9

9.8 ± 2.3

1.6 ± 2.4

0.002

 Prefrail (n = 57)

5.5 ± 3.4

7.9 ± 3.5

2.4 ± 2.6

 < 0.001

 Frail (n = 29)

3.5 ± 3.4

5.8 ± 2.9

2.3 ± 2.4

 < 0.001

Grip strength

 Total (n = 114)

17.7 ± 8.3

18.9 ± 7.6

1.2 ± 3.6

0.001

 Robust (n = 28)

20.2 ± 5.8

21.1 ± 6.3

0.9 ± 3.1

0.13

 Prefrail (n = 57)

17.5 ± 9.4

19.0 ± 8.5

1.5 ± 4.0

0.008

 Frail (n = 29)

15.7 ± 7.4

16.5 ± 6.1

0.8 ± 3.0

0.39

  1. Note. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. ADL Activities of daily living (measured by the Barthel Index; range, 0–100), SPPB Short physical performance battery (range, 0–12)