Fig 1.
Patient recruitment overview.
Fig 2.
Frailty classification assessed by the Reported Edmonton Frail Scale (0–18).
Patients with a score of 0–5 are classified as not frail and 6–7 as being apparently vulnerable. Patients with a score of 8–18 are classified as frail with a score of 8–9 representing mild frailty, 10–11 moderate frailty and 12–18 severe frailty.
Table 1.
Patient demographics, by frailty status.
Fig 3.
Frailty category by age category.
Patients with a score of 0–5 are classified as not frail and 6–7 as being apparently vulnerable. Patients with a score of 8–18 are classified as frail with a score of 8–9 representing mild frailty, 10–11 moderate frailty and 12–18 severe frailty.
Table 2.
Multivariate adjusted association between demographic characteristics and frailty status.