Characteristic | Not frail (CFS 1-3) | Vulnerable (CFS 4) | Mildly to Moderately Frail (CFS 5-6) | Severely Frail (CFS 7-9) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 3520 (64.4) | 940 (17.2) | 839 (15.4) | 167 (3.1) | Â |
Categorization by Province | |||||
 British Columbia n(%); N = 1137 | 850 (74.8) | 138 (12.1) | 121 (10.6) | 28 (2.5) | < 0.001* |
 Alberta n(%); N = 858 | 563 (65.6) | 145 (16.9) | 122 (14.2) | 28 (3.3) | |
 Manitoba n(%); N = 885 | 585 (66.1) | 194 (21.9) | 97 (11.0) | 9 (1.0) | |
 Ontario n(%); N = 2315 | 1319 (57.0) | 426 (18.4) | 477 (20.6) | 93 (4.0) | |
 Nova Scotia n(%); N = 271 | 203 (74.9) | 37 (13.7) | 22 (8.1) | 9 (3.3) | |
Demographics | |||||
 Age, mean (SD)) | 73.0 (6.3) | 76.1 (7.3) | 80.1 (8.5) | 83.5 (9.1) | < 0.001†|
 Male, N (%) | 1681 (47.8) | 396 (42.1) | 288 (34.3) | 60 (35.9) | < 0.001* |
Frailty Risk Factors | |||||
 Missing Frailty Risk Factors | 618 (17.6) | 62 (6.6) | 43 (5.1) | 9 (5.4) | < 0.001* |
 Hypertension, N (%) | 2153 (74.2) | 701 (79.8) | 637 (80.0) | 123 (77.8) | < 0.001* |
 Diabetes, N (%) | 1098 (37.8) | 394 (44.9) | 309 (38.8) | 65 (41.1) | 0.003* |
 Dementia, N (%) | 135 (4.7) | 76 (8.7) | 166 (20.9) | 72 (45.6) | < 0.001* |
 Depression, N (%) | 585 (20.2) | 254 (28.9) | 269 (33.8) | 47 (29.7) | < 0.001* |
 Osteoarthritis, N (%) | 1309 (45.1) | 439 (50.0) | 376 (47.2) | 63 (39.9) | 0.025* |
 Epilepsy, N (%) | 57 (2.0) | 13 (1.5) | 17 (2.1) | 7 (4.4) | 0.107* |
 BMI, mean (SD) | 29.0 (6.0) | 31.5 (7.8) | 29.6 (7.0) | 28.3 (6.2) | < 0.001†|
 Number of Medications (mean (SD)) | 6.4 (4.9) | 8.6 (6.5) | 10.3 (7.3) | 11.4 (7.5) | < 0.001†|
 Number of Encounters in the Last Year (mean (SD)) | 6.1 (5.3) | 8.4 (6.9) | 8.8 (6.8) | 8.1 (7.2) | < 0.001†|