Table 3.

Comparison of Nutritional Status Before and After Intervention in the Intervention Group (n = 51) and the Control Group (n = 51)

Malnutrition status	Intervention group				Control group
	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention		Pre-intervention		Post-intervention
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Normal	0	0.0	39	76.5	0	0.0	2	3.9
Mild malnutrition	31	60.8	6	11.8	29	56.9	29	56.9
Moderate malnutrition	19	37.3	5	9.8	21	41.2	19	37.3
Severe malnutrition	1	2.0	1	2.0	1	2.0	1	2.0

Wilcoxon signed-rank test p < .001; Wilcoxon signed-rank test p = .697.