Table 3.
Associations of the evaluated variables between Brazil and Portugal.
| Evaluated Variables | Rating | Brazil (n = 100) | Portugal (n = 50) | Total (n = 150) |
p Value * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | |||||
| Prisma 7 | I ** | 56 (56%) | 41 (82%) | 97 (64.7%) | 0.002 |
| P *** | 44 (44%) | 9 (18%) | 53 (35.3%) | ||
| Lawton & Brody | I | 75 (75%) | 12 (24%) | 87 (58%) | <0.001 |
| P | 25 (25%) | 38 (76%) | 63 (42%) | ||
| Nutrition | |||||
| MNA | I | 90 (90%) | 32 (64%) | 122 (81.3%) | <0.001 |
| P | 10 (10%) | 18 (36%) | 28 (18.7%) | ||
| Depressive Symptoms | |||||
| GDS-15 | I | 59 (59%) | 19 (38%) | 78 (52%) | 0.015 |
| P | 41 (41%) | 31 (62%) | 72 (48%) | ||
MNA: Mini Nutritional Assessment; GDS-15, Geriatric Depression Scale; * Pearson’s Chi-Squared test; ** Impaired; *** Preserved. Criteria for Impaired Status: “risk of functional decline” (Prisma 7); “total dependence” and “partial dependence” (IADLs, Lawton & Brody); “malnourished” and “at risk of malnutrition” (nutritional, MNA); “mild”, “moderate” and “severe” (Depression-GDS-15). Criteria for preserved status: No problem.