Table 2 Frail vs. Not-frail patients characteristics and outcomes

Follow up completed by patient

10 (50%)

103 (92%)

-

Age^

79.2 (6.9)

77.0 (7.2)

0.04

Female

14 (67%)

55 (49%)

0.15

n. co-morbidities^

3.3 (1.5)

2.1 (1.3)

< 0.01

Fall < 2 m

16 (76%)

56 (50%)

0.03

Fall ≥ 2 m

3 (14%)

16 (14%)

0.99

Vehicular incident

1 (5%)

33 (29%)

0.01

Injury Severity Score~

13 (9–20)

13 (9–17)

0.53

Critical care admission

1 (5%)

17 (15%)

0.30

Hospital LOS (days)~

14 (2–20)

9 (4–17)

0.95

Pre-injury residential status:

0.11

Own accommodation

18 (86%)

109 (97%)

Residential care

2 (10%)

3 (3%)

Warden controlled accommodation

1 (5%)

0 (0%)

Discharge to home

15 (71%)

87 (78%)

0.57

Hospital re-admission

7 (33%)

22 (20%)

0.13

n. re-admissions^

1.17 (0.41)

1.50 (0.83)

0.35