Table 3 Clinician opinions on Fried Frailty components and novel ESRD-specific frailty components
A. Percentage of clinicians identifying components as not relevant to adults with ESRD in the first and second survey | |||
Component | % identifying in 1st survey (n = 41) | % identifying in 2nd survey (n = 36) | Qualitative explanations for irrelevance (1st survey) |
Unintentional Weight Loss | 20.0 | 28.6 | - Weight fluctuates in this population (n = 5) - Not relevant to ESRD population (n = 2) |
Slowed Walking | 7.5 | 6.0 | Not relevant to ESRD Population (n = 2) |
Weak Strength | 2.5 | 0 | Generalized fatigue is more relevant (n = 1) |
Low Physical Activity | 0 | * | n/a |
Exhaustion | 0 | * | n/a |
B. Novel ESRD-specific components suggested by clinicians in the first round, and percentage of clinicians wanting to add each component by specialty in the second round | |||
1st survey: components identified | 2nd survey: % wanting to add component | % wanting to add component by specialty | |
Geriatricians | Nephrologists and Transplant Surgeons | ||
History of falls | 63.9 | 37.5 | 85.0 |
Physical decline | 61.1 | 50.0 | 70.0 |
Cognitive Impairment | 38.9 | 18.8 | 55.0 |
Nutrition, diet | 36.1 | 25.0 | 45.0 |
Albumin | 16.7 | 6.2 | 25.0 |
Health care utilization | 11.1 | 12.5 | 10.0 |
Metabolic bone disease | 5.6 | 0 | 10.0 |
Excess fluid | 2.8 | 0 | 5.0 |
Ultrafiltration | 2.8 | 0 | 5.0 |