Changes in the components of the Fried frailty phenotype
The most significative changes in the individual domains of the frailty phenotype were found in the group of frail patients (table 3 ). Frail patients improved in all components except gait speed, which remained unchanged. The most marked change was the improvement in the feeling of exhaustion, which went from 93% to 23% (p<0.01). In contrast, robust patients showed no changes, remaining practically without deficits in any of the components.
Table 3. Changes in Fried frailty scale domains after surgery.