Mental Health Problems and Sociodemographic Correlates in Elderly Medical Inpatients in a University Hospital in Egypt

Table 3

Association between Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Scale with age and income.

	GDS (mean ± SD)	MMSE (mean ± SD)
Young old (65–<75 years) (𝑛=164)	7.85±3.3	19.7±6.2
Old old (75–<85 years) (𝑛=28)	9.6±4.1	13.7±7.7
Oldest old (≥85 years) (𝑛=8)	9±4.2	16.5±10.6
𝐹 value	1.67	5.42
𝑃	0.24	0.008*
Low income (𝑛=112)	8.9±3	17.8±6.7
Moderate income (𝑛=88)	7.1±3.8	19.9±6.6
𝜒^2	2.63	1.57
𝑃	0.009*	0.11

∗Significant 𝑃, 𝑛 = number.