Factors Associated with Cognitive and Functional Performance in Indigenous Older Adults of Nariño, Colombia

Table 1

Cognitive and functional performance according to the demographic characteristics of 518 indigenous senior citizens in the province of Nariño, Colombia.

Variables	Frequency	%	RUDAS		MMSE		SMC		Lawton and Brody		Barthel
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Gender
Female	231	44.6	20.2	5	23.2	5	22.6	10	6	2	97	7
Male	287	55.6	20.4	4	21.2	5.4	24.5	9.7	6	2	96	7
Age	70.6	6.8
60–65	130	25.1	22.4	4	24.5	4.3	22.5	9.5	7	1	98	5
66–70	149	28.8	20.7	4	22.3	5	23.1	10	6	2	97	6
71–75	111	21.4	20.3	5	21.8	5.4	25.1	9.8	6	2	96	8
76–80	78	15.1	18.4	5	20.7	5	24.4	10	6	2	96	6
80 or more	50	9.7	16.6	5	18.2	6.1	23.6	11	5	2	93	10
Speaks native language
Yes	74	14.3	20.6	5	22.4	5.3	22.8	9.1	6	2	95	9
No	444	85.7	20.2	5	22.1	5.4	23.8	10	6	2	97	7
Schooling
S/he cannot read/write	208	40.2	18.5	5	18.8	5.1	23.9	10	6	2	96	9
S/he can read/write	249	48.1	21.6	5	24.5	4.2	23.5	9.5	6	2	97	6
Basic primary education	61	11.7	21.2	4	23.4	4.4	23.4	11	6	2	98	6
Residence
Rural	475	91.7	20.2	5	22.1	5.4	23.4	9.9	6	2	97	7
Urban	42	8.3	20.8	5	22.3	5.3	26.2	9.9	6	2	97	5
Income
Without income	276	53.3	19.7	5	20.7	5.6	23.3	10	6	2	95	8
Less to a LMMW	237	45.8	20.9	5	23.6	4.6	24.2	9.6	6	1	98	8
Between 1 and 3 LMMW	5	0.9	25.2	4	28.6	1.5	15.8	15	7	1	99	2
Marital status
Single	82	15.8	20.2	4	21	5.8	25.6	9.4	6	2	97	5
Married/consensual union	329	63.5	20.8	4	23.1	4.8	23	10	6	2	97	6
Widowed/divorced	107	20.6	18.8	6	19.9	5.7	24	9.9	6	2	95	10
Economic dependency
Yes	356	67.6	19.9	4	21.4	5.4	23.8	9.9	6	2	96	7
No	162	32.4	21	4	23.6	4.9	23.4	9.9	7	1	98	6

LMMW: legal minimum monthly wage in Colombia.