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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants by setting

From: Translation and validation of the Thai clinical frailty scale and classification tree in older adults

Characteristics

Total (n = 213)

Outpatient (n = 127)

Inpateint (n = 86)

Mean age

73.2 (6.6)

73.4 (7.3)

73.0 (5.5)

Female

115 (54.0)

70 (55.1)

45 (52.3)

Comorbidity

   

Cancer

29 (13.6)

13 (10.2)

16 (18.6)

Diabetes mellitus

74 (34.7)

49 (38.6)

25 (29.1)

Hypertension

148 (69.5)

92 (72.4)

56 (65.1)

Chronic kidney disease

63 (29.6)

32 (25.2)

31 (36.1)

Myocardial infarction

27 (12.7)

18(14.2)

9 (10.5)

Stroke

34 (16.0)

22 (17.3)

12 (14.0)

Impaired BADLs

   

0–2

196 (92.0)

116 (91.3)

80 (93.0)

3–5

17 (8.0)

11 (8.7)

6 (7.0)

Impaired IADLsa

   

1–4

197 (92.5)

115 (90.5)

82 (95.4)

5–6

16 (7.5)

12 (9.5)

4 (4.6)

Self-rated health

   

Poor/fair

63 (29.6)

6 (4.7)

57 (66.3)

Good/very good

104 (48.8)

75 (59.1)

29 (33.7)

Excellent

46 (21.6)

46 (36.2)

0 (0)

  1. Abbreviations: BADLs, Basic activities of daily living; IADLs, Instrumental activities of daily living
  2. Values are mean (SD) or number (%)
  3. a Excluded activities that individuals never perform