Nutritional and Functional Assessment of Hospitalized Elderly: Impact of Sociodemographic Variables

Table 8

Association between nutritional checklist (NCL) and Barthel self-care index (BSI) with financial security (income).

	NCL						BSI
	Good nutrition		Moderate risk		High risk		Range	Mean ± SD
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Financial security (income)
Low 𝑁=112	20	17.9	24	21.4	68	60.7	8–20	15.8±3.9
Moderate 𝑁=88	36	40.9	8	9.1	44	50	8–20	16.4±4.2
𝑋^2	11.97						0.71
𝑃	0.017						0.47