SELECT 
  IFNULL(field_type, 0) 
FROM 
  cscart_product_filters 
WHERE 
  filter_id = 1

Query time 0.00013

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "table": {
      "table_name": "cscart_product_filters",
      "access_type": "const",
      "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
      "key": "PRIMARY",
      "key_length": "3",
      "used_key_parts": ["filter_id"],
      "ref": ["const"],
      "rows": 1,
      "filtered": 100
    }
  }
}

Result

IFNULL(field_type,0)