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Table 2 Frailty characterization on ICU admission and hospital discharge

From: The frailty, outcomes, recovery and care steps of critically ill patients (FORECAST) study: pilot study results

 

CFS not frail (< 5)

n (%)

(mean ± SD)

CFS frail (≥ 5)

n (%)

(mean ± SD)

FI not frail (< 0.2)

n (%)

(mean + SD)

FI not frail (≥ 0.2)

n (%)

(mean + SD)

Admission (n = 49)

32 (65%)

(2.8 ± 1.0)

17 (36%)

(5.8 ± 0.8)

26 (53%)

(0.1 ± 0.1)

23 (47%)

(0.4 ± 0.1)

Discharge (n = 33)a

11 (33%)

(3.2 ± 0.9)

22 (67%)

(5.7 ± 0.8)

12 (36%)

(0.1 ± 0.05)

21 (63%)

(0.4 ± 0.1)

Mortality

4 (13%)

8 (47%)

1 (4%)

11 (48%)

  1. CFS clinical frailty Scale, FI frailty index
  2. a12 patients died during the hospitalization and frailty assessments missed in 4 patients