Table 3.
Total prevalence estimate and proportions of patients nutritionally at risk on each ward
(Numbers of subjects and percentages)
| Total sample | Nutritionally at risk | Unknown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Orthopaedics 1 | 40 | 7·9 | 8 | 20·0 | 8 | 20·0 |
| Ear–Nose–Throat/Gynaecology | 15 | 3·0 | 7 | 46·7 | 2 | 13·3 |
| Vascular/Thorax | 18 | 3·5 | 10 | 55·6 | 2 | 11·1 |
| Gastro Surgery lower | 26 | 5·1 | 13 | 50·0 | 2 | 7·7 |
| Gastro Surgery upper | 18 | 3·5 | 9 | 50·0 | 0 | |
| Urology | 22 | 4·3 | 13 | 59·1 | 0 | |
| Orthopaedics 2 | 46 | 9·1 | 19 | 41·3 | 9 | 19·6 |
| Emergency Medicine | 23 | 4·5 | 7 | 30·4 | 1 | 4·3 |
| Neurology + Endocrinology | 28 | 5·5 | 9 | 32·1 | 1 | 3·6 |
| Infectious Medicine 1 | 37 | 7·3 | 14 | 37·8 | 8 | 21·6 |
| Neurology/Stroke | 14 | 2·8 | 4 | 28·6 | 2 | 14·3 |
| Infectious Medicine 2 | 13 | 2·6 | 4 | 30·8 | 0 | |
| Rehabilitation Neurology | 36 | 7·1 | 10 | 27·8 | 6 | 16·7 |
| Renal Medicine | 15 | 3·0 | 7 | 46·7 | 1 | 6·7 |
| Heart Medicine | 30 | 5·9 | 8 | 26·7 | 3 | 10·0 |
| Lung Medicine | 50 | 9·8 | 30 | 60·0 | 4 | 8·0 |
| Cardiology Medicine | 37 | 7·3 | 9 | 24·3 | 2 | 5·4 |
| Cardiac Monitoring | 6 | 1·2 | 1 | 16·7 | 2 | 33·3 |
| Haematology | 14 | 2·8 | 6 | 42·9 | 1 | 7·1 |
| Specialised Short-Term Unit | 20 | 3·9 | 13 | 65·0 | 1 | 5·0 |
| Total prevalence estimate (%) | 45·4 | |||||
| 95 % CI (%) | 41·7, 49·0 | |||||