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Table 6 The precision (%) in the nutritional care in relation to patients with energy problems (eat little, stop eating due to tiredness rather than to having satisfied their hunger, and eat slowly)

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

Energy problems

n = 599

n = 276

n = 103

 

   PE-food

12.6

12.1

5.9

0.159

   Oral Supplement

38.9

43.4

37.6

0.407

   Artificial nutritional (AN) support

21.6

23.2

11.0

0.031 b, c

   Pre- and/or postoperative AN

6.2

10.1

1.9

0.011 b, c

   Eating Assistance

15.7

16.5

28.0

0.019 b, c

  1. Missing values in < 15%. 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