Table 5 Combined effects of change in frailty status and utilization of 2-month outpatient clinic on 9-year mortality via the Cox proportional hazard models
Change of frailty status | Utilization of outpatient clinica | N | Mortality | HR (95% CI) | HRadj (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deterioration | Low | 37 | 24.3% | 2.03 (0.93, 4.47) | 1.57 (0.70, 3.52) |
High | 36 | 27.8% | 2.31 (1.05, 5.07) | 1.60 (0.71, 3.62) | |
Unchanged pre-frail or frail | Low | 68 | 35.3% | 2.96 (1.63, 5.39) | 1.79 (0.92, 3.46) |
High | 65 | 36.9% | 3.59 (1.99, 6.51) | 2.79 (1.46, 5.33) | |
Unchanged robustness | Low | 160 | 12.5% | 1.00 (Reference) | 1.00 (Reference) |
High | 63 | 14.3% | 1.16 (0.53, 2.55) | 1.33 (0.60, 2.95) | |
Improvement (pre-frail to robust) | Low | 58 | 19.0% | 1.56 (0.75, 3.26) | 1.30 (0.61, 2.77) |
High | 39 | 17.9% | 1.50 (0.63, 3.54) | 1.12 (0.46, 2.74) | |
Improvement (frail to pre-frail/robust) | Low | 10 | 30.0% | 2.98 (0.89, 10.04) | 1.71 (0.48, 6.14) |
High | 12 | 75.0% | 9.96 (4.52, 21.92) | 9.32 (3.82, 22.73) |