Table 3 Differences in ENCS and MMSE scores according to sociodemographic characteristics and diagnostic categories
From: The Elderly Nursing Core Set and the cognition of Portuguese older adults: a cross-sectional study
MMSE | Functional profile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | n | Mean | t | Mean | t |
Sex: | 2.63** | -3.15** | |||
Female | 425 | 16.40 | 2.43 | ||
Male | 188 | 18.61 | 2.14 | ||
Spouse | 2.30* | -1.23 | |||
Yes | 109 | 18.85 | 2.22 | ||
No | 504 | 16.70 | 2.37 | ||
Attended school | -7.25*** | 4.40*** | |||
Yes | 369 | 19.28 | 2.17 | ||
No | 244 | 13.75 | 2.60 | ||
Level of care | 6.40*** | - 10.59*** | |||
Residential home | 507 | 16.20 | 2.48 | ||
Day center | 106 | 21.27 | 1.67 | ||
Multimorbidity | |||||
Yes | 390 | 16.74 | 1.52 | 2.47 | - 4.13*** |
No | 182 | 17.99 | 2.08 | ||