Research Article
Mental Health Problems and Sociodemographic Correlates in Elderly Medical Inpatients in a University Hospital in Egypt
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients included in this study.
| | Number | % |
| Young old (65–<75 years) | 164 | 82 | Old old (75–<85 years) | 28 | 14 | Oldest old (≥85 years) | 8 | 4 | Male gender | 112 | 56 | Rural residency | 168 | 84 | Illiteracy | 168 | 84 | Low income | 112 | 56 | Married | 80 | 40 | Having offspring | 192 | 96 | Doing exercises | 0 | 0.00 |
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