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Table 4 Distribution (%) of eating difficulties divided according to the size of each hospital.

From: Malnutrition prevalence and precision in nutritional care differed in relation to hospital volume – a cross-sectional survey

 

Hospitals

 
 

Large sized

Middle sized

Small sized

P-value

 

n = 1197

n = 824

n = 370

 

Eating difficulties

    

   Ingestion

12.2

9.0

8.0

< 0.029 b

   Deglutition

20.5

14.0

15.3

0.001b

   Energy

50.3

43.5

34.2

< 0.0005 a, b, c

  1. Missing values in < 5%. Chi-square test
  2. a first group differs compared to second
  3. b first group differs compared to third
  4. c second group differs compared to third group
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Nutrition Journal

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