Malnutrition, depressive symptoms and diabetes self-care behaviours of the participants by different frailty statuses
| Variables | Possible range | Actual range | Total (n=291) | Robust (n=85) | Pre-frail (n=150) | Frail (n=56) | P value |
| N (%)/median (IQR) | |||||||
| Malnutrition risk/malnutrition | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 189 (64.9) | 76 (89.4) | 96 (64.0) | 17 (30.4) | |||
| Yes | 102 (35.1) | 9 (10.6) | 54 (36.0) | 39 (69.6) | |||
| GDS-15 score | 0–15 | 0–15 | 3 (1–5) | 1 (0–3) | 3 (1–5) | 5 (4–8) | <0.001 |
| SDSCA score | |||||||
| General diet score | 0–14 | 0–14 | 14 (10–14) | 14 (10–14) | 14 (10–14) | 14 (10–14) | 0.465 |
| Specific diet score | 0–14 | 0–14 | 8 (7–12) | 10 (7–13) | 7 (7–12) | 7 (7–12) | 0.131 |
| Exercise score | 0–14 | 0–14 | 7 (7–14) | 14 (7–14) | 7 (7–14) | 7 (0–7) | <0.001 |
| Blood-glucose testing score | 0–14 | 0–14 | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–1) | 0.183 |
| Foot care score | 0–14 | 0–14 | 0 (0–7) | 0 (0–7) | 0 (0–7) | 0 (0–0) | 0.007 |
| Medication care score | 0–7 | 0–7 | 7 (7–7) | 7 (7–7) | 7 (7–7) | 7 (7–7) | 0.060 |
Italic values indicate P<0.1.
GDS-15, geriatric depression scale-15; SDSCA, summary of diabetes self-care activities.