Table 1 Characteristics of admissions, aged 50 years or more, to intensive care during the baseline study period, based on frailty status
Clinical Frailty Score of 5 or more on admission to intensive care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Yes (n = 383) | No (n = 594) | Combined (n = 977) | p value |
Age (years), median (IQR) | 77 (69–83) | 67 (60–75) | 71 (63–79) | < 0.001 |
Males, n (%) | 193 (50) | 344 (58) | 537 (55) | 0.021 |
Single admission to ICU, n (%) | 361 (94) | 572 (96) | 933 (95) | 0.017 |
Delirium, n (%) | 66 (17) | 61 (10) | 127 (13) | 0.002 |
Charlson Index, median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (1–3) | < 0.001 |
No. of comorbidities, median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | < 0.001 |
Dementia, n (%) | 15 (4) | 3 (1) | 18 (2) | < 0.001 |
Admitted from ED, n (%) | 172 (45) | 218 (37) | 390 (40) | 0.011 |
Planned surgery, n (%) | 22 (6) | 84 (14) | 106 (11) | < 0.001 |
APACHE III, median (IQR) | 64 (51–81) | 50 (38–66) | 56 (42–71) | < 0.001 |
Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 53 (14) | 97 (16) | 150 (15) | 0.292 |
ICU death, n (%) | 39 (10) | 17 (3) | 56 (6) | < 0.001 |
Hospital death, n (%) | 72 (19) | 41 (7) | 113 (12) | < 0.001 |
ICU LOS (days), median (IQR) | 3 (2–5) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–5) | 0.001 |
Hospital LOS (days), median (IQR) | 11 (6–24) | 9 (5–16) | 10 (5–19) | < 0.001 |