Table 4. Odd Ratios (OR) for the Association of Frailty Domain Scores (Good versus Fair/Poor) and Number of Frailty Domains Rated as Fair/Poor with Judgment of the Absence or Presence of Frailty According to Family Physicians (FP) and Geriatrician
PredictorFPGeriatricianP Value for Interaction
OR [95%-CI] for judging person as frailOR [95%-CI] for judging person as frail
Domain reported as fair or poor functioning versus reported as good*
    Physical10.4 [4.4–24.4]11.5 [4.9–26.8].86
    Medication2.5 [1.13–5.6]2.4 [1.19–4.8].93
    Cognition9.3 [3.9–22.0]79.3 [18.4–341.2].005
    Sensory2.0 [1.1–3.6]7.6 [3.5–16.5].007
    (Instrumental) activities of daily living5.9 [2.0–16.8]Not estimable.98
    Mobility3.0 [1.5–6.0]25.0 [8.9–70.3]<.001
    Mental2.2 [1.1–4.4]18.0 [7.1–45.9]<.001
    Social4.1 [1.9–8.7]3.1 [1.0–9.3].67
Increase in number of health domains reported as fair or poor; +13.8 [2.9–5.0]7.7 [5.1–11.5]<.001
  • * Results (OR [95% CI]) taken from a logistic mixed-model regressing profession of evaluator (FP versus geriatrician), all frailty domain scores (fair/poor versus good) simultaneously, and terms for the interaction between domain scores and profession with a random intercept to allow the dependence at participant level.

  • Results (OR [95% CI]) taken from a logistic mixed-model regressing profession of evaluator (FP versus geriatrician), the number of frailty domains (0–8) rated as fair/poor and terms for the interaction between the number of impaired domains and profession with a random intercept to allow the dependence at participant level.