Table 5 Relation between older person characteristics and their nutritional appetite at Assiut City
Variables | Not members in geriatric club (n = 200) N (%) | Members in geriatric club (n = 100) N (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient is at risk for anorexia | Patient needs frequent reassessment | Not at risk at this time | Chi (P value) | Patient is at risk for anorexia | Patient needs frequent reassessment | Not at risk at this time | Chi (P value) | |
Age (years) | ||||||||
60–69 | 18 (19.4%) | 67 (72.0%) | 8 (8.6%) | 3.029 (0.220) | 4 (5.7%) | 37 (52.9%) | 29 (41.4%) | 1.920 (0.383) |
70 and more | 32 (29.9%) | 68 (63.6%) | 7 (6.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (60.0%) | 12 (40.0%) | ||
Sex | 1.610 (0.447) | 8.987 (0.011*) | ||||||
Male | 27 (24.5%) | 77 (70.0%) | 6 (5.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (42.5%) | 23 (57.5%) | ||
Female | 23 (25.6%) | 58 (64.4%) | 9 (10.0%) | 4 (6.7%) | 38 (63.3%) | 18 (30.0%) | ||
Marital status | ||||||||
Single | 6 (85.7%) | 1 (14.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 22.966 (< 0.001*) | 2 (25.0%) | 4 (50.0%) | 2 (25.0%) | 13.117 (0.041*) |
Married | 18 (16.5%) | 80 (73.4%) | 11 (10.1%) | 1 (1.5%) | 38 (57.6%) | 27 (40.9%) | ||
Divorced | 4 (20.0%) | 14 (70.0%) | 2 (10.0%) | 1 (12.5%) | 4 (50.0%) | 3 (37.5%) | ||
Widow | 22 (34.4%) | 40 (62.5%) | 2 (3.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (50.0%) | 9 (50.0%) | ||
Levels of education | ||||||||
Illiterate | 11 (14.1%) | 61 (78.2%) | 6 (7.7%) | 17.037 (0.009*) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (45.0%) | 11 (55.0%) | 12.503 (0.052) |
Elementary and preparatory | 18 (45.0%) | 22 (55.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | ||
Secondary | 17 (26.6%) | 40 (62.5%) | 7 (10.9%) | 2 (4.3%) | 33 (71.7%) | 11 (23.9%) | ||
University education | 4 (22.2%) | 12 (66.7%) | 2 (11.1%) | 2 (7.1%) | 10 (35.7%) | 16 (57.1%) | ||
Occupation | ||||||||
Working | 34 (24.8%) | 95 (69.3%) | 8 (5.8%) | 1.824 (0.402) | 4 (4.4%) | 51 (56.7%) | 35 (38.9%) | 1.877 (0.391) |
Not working | 16 (25.4%) | 40 (63.5%) | 7 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (40.0%) | 6 (60.0%) | ||
Residence | ||||||||
Rural | 24 (22.9%) | 72 (68.6%) | 9 (8.6%) | 0.782 (0.676) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42.9%) | 0.314 (0.885) |
Urban | 26 (27.4%) | 63 (66.3%) | 6 (6.3%) | 4 (4.3%) | 51 (54.8%) | 38 (40.9%) | ||
Living condition | ||||||||
With family/his children | 26 (17.2%) | 110 (72.8%) | 15 (9.9%) | 22.406 (< 0.001*) | 2 (3.4%) | 40 (67.8%) | 17 (28.8%) | 9.631 (0.008*) |
Alone | 24 (49.0%) | 25 (51.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (4.9%) | 15 (36.6%) | 24 (58.5%) | ||