Demographical description of patients (n=86)
| Patient demographics | Number of patients (n=86) |
| Age (years) | |
| <40 (%) | 1 (1.2%) |
| 41–60 (%) | 5 (5.8%) |
| 61–80 (%) | 31 (36.1%) |
| >80 years (%) | 49 (57.0%) |
| Gender | |
| Female (%) | 56 (65.1%) |
| Male (%) | 30 (34.9%) |
| Race | |
| Chinese (%) | 75 (87.2%) |
| Malay (%) | 9 (10.5%) |
| Indian (%) | 2 (2.3%) |
| Modified Barthel Index | |
| <10 (severe disability) (%) | 11 (12.8%) |
| <15 (moderate disability) (%) | 48 (55.8%) |
| >16 (independent) (%) | 27 (31.4%) |
| Number of comorbidities | |
| <2 (%) | 8 (9.3%) |
| 2–5 (%) | 36 (41.9%) |
| >5 (%) | 42 (48.8%) |
| Abbreviated Mental Test | |
| 0–3 (severe impairment) (%) | 21 (24.4%) |
| 4–6 (moderate impairment) (%) | 13 (15.1%) |
| >6 (mild/no impairment) (%) | 52 (60.5%) |
| Number of medications | |
| <5 (%) | 11 (12.8%) |
| 5–10 (%) | 42 (48.8%) |
| >10 (%) | 33 (38.4%) |
| Clinical frailty score | |
| Very fit (%) | 1 (1.2%) |
| Well (%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Managing well (%) | 2 (2.3%) |
| Vulnerable (%) | 9 (10.5%) |
| Mildly frail (%) | 21 (24.4%) |
| Moderately frail (%) | 9 (10.5%) |
| Severely frail (%) | 26 (30.2%) |
| Very severely frail (%) | 12 (14.0%) |
| Terminally ill (%) | 6 (7.0%) |