Recent and current low food intake - prevalence and associated factors in hospital patients from different medical specialities.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Poor food intake is a major etiological factor of malnutrition. This research aims to describe the prevalence of recent and current low food intake (LI_RC) and to identify factors associated with LI_RC in adult hospital patients from different medical specialities.

Subject/methods

1865 patients participating in the nutritionDay survey 2016-2020 in Germany were included. LI_RC was defined by decreased eating both on nutritionDay and in the week before hospitalisation. Multivariate binary logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with LI_RC overall and in different specialities.

Results

LI_RC was observed in 21.1% of all patients, with the highest prevalence in Gastroenterology (26

SUBMITTER: Bohne SEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9550619 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature