Comparison of frailty in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and bronchiectasis: a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Prevalence of frailty and mental health instability in patients with NTM and BE

	Patients with NTM-LD	Patients with BE	P value
	n = 33	n = 36	P value
The Kihon Checklist Questionnaire
Total score	4.2 ± 3.6	2.6 ± 2.2	0.075
Number of pre-frail status (score 4–7)	8 (24.2)	7 (19.4)	0.77
Number of frail status (score 8–25)	8 (24.2)	1 (2.8)	0.011
Number of frail patients (pre-frail + frail status)	16 (48.5)	8 (22.2)	0.026
HADS score
HADS-A	5.4 ± 3.2	2.6 ± 2.0	< 0.01
Number of major-A (8 <)	6 (18.2)	1 (2.8)	0.049
HADS-D	6.8 ± 3.8	3.3 ± 3.2	< 0.01
Number of major-D (11 <)	4 (12.1)	1 (2.8)	0.19

Data are shown as number (%) or mean ± SD
Abbreviations: NTM-LD Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease, BE Bronchiectasis, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

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