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. 2021 Nov 16;11(4):929–941. doi: 10.3390/nursrep11040085

Table 4.

Nutritional status and nutritional intervention (Chi2-test).

n Get Any Nutritional Intervention p r
% (n)
MUST 136 Low risk 10.4 (7) 0.023 0.235
Medium risk 8.7 (2)
High risk 28.3 (13)
Malnutrition ESPEN 135 Not malnourished 12.4 (12) 0.103
Malnourished 23.7 (9)
BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 135 BMI ≥ 18.5 kg/m2 12.9 (15) 0.038 0.179
BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 31.6 (6)
Inadequate eating behaviour 156 No 12.1 (6) 0.081
Yes 23.5 (23)
Malnourished, identified by staff 156 not malnourished 11.5 (15) <0.001 0.453
At risk 46.2 (6)
malnourished 69.2 (9)

BMI = Body Mass Index; ESPEN = European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism; MUST = Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; p = correlation; r = effect size.