Rates of frailty and frailty components from previous studies of other groups | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ABCD | Older community-dwelling adults | Other patient groups | |||||||||
Sample | Women with lupus, mean age 48.5 (±12.6) | Men and women, aged ≥65 years, USA1 | Women, aged 70–79 years, USA2 | Men and women, aged ≥65 years (systematic review)53 | Men and women, aged ≥65 years (systematic review)3 | Men and women, aged ≥65 years7 | Awaiting liver transplant, men and women, mean age 60 years10 | Received kidney transplant, men and women, mean age 53 years11 | Awaiting lung transplant, men and women, mean age 59 years12 | Congestive heart failure, men and women, mean age 71 years54 | Depression, men and women, age ≥65 years5556 |
N | 138 | 5317 | 786 | 56 183, 20 studies | – 24 studies | 7439 | 294 | 537 | 395 | 223 | 3453 3665 |
Frailty components | |||||||||||
Weight loss | 22.4 (34)* | 6% | 13% | – | – | – | – | – | |||
Exhaustion | 45.4 (69) | 17% | 14% | – | – | – | – | – | |||
Slow gait | 9.2 (14) | 20% | 31% | – | – | – | – | – | |||
Weakness | 34.9 (53) | 20% | 21% | – | – | – | – | – | |||
Inactive | 29.0 (44) | 22% | 20% | – | – | – | – | – | |||
Frailty category | |||||||||||
Robust (0) | 29.0 (44) | 46% | 45% | * | – | 39% | – | 47% | – | – | – |
Prefrail (1, 2) | 50.0 (76) | 47% | 44% | 44% | – | 46% | – | 33% | – | – | – |
Frail (≥3) | 21.1 (32) | 7% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 20% | 28% | 21% | 27%, 21% |
*% (n).
ABCD, Arthritis, Body Composition and Disability.