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Table 2 Bivariate association of frailty with length of stay

From: Frailty assessment in geriatric trauma patients: comparing the predictive value of the full and a condensed version of the Fried frailty phenotype

 

N

Mean (SD)

LOS (days)

Median (IQR)

p-value

Full Frailty Phenotype (fFP)

   

0.245

Robust (0)

20

8.55 ± 8.66

6.0 (3.0,10.0)

 

Pre-frail (1–2)

84

10.96 ± 8.40

9.0 (5.0,15.5)

 

Frail (≥ 3)

43

9.77 ± 8.32

8.0 (3.0,15.0)

 

Condensed Frailty Phenotype (cFP)

   

0.972

Robust (0)

82

9.94 ± 7.95

8.0 (4.0,13.0)

 

Pre-frail (1–2)

58

10.67 ± 8.99

8.0 (4.0,15.0)

 

Frail (3)

7

11.14 ± 9.46

9.0 (4.0, 19.0)

 

Living situation prior to admission

   

0.215

At home independently

172

9.67 ± 8.02

8.0 (4.0,12.0)

 

At home with help, nursing home, or geriatric ward

51

12.0 ± 9.25

9.0 (4.0,20.0)