Food intakes and preferences of hospitalised geriatric patients

BMC Geriatrics

Table 5 Factors affecting dietary adequacy

	Dietary adequacy^a
Factors	Yes		No		p value
	n	%	n	%
Sociodemographic
Female	21	42.9	45	63.4	0.026^*
no schooling	10	20.4	26	36.6	0.057
Health
have chewing problem	10	20.4	26	36.6	0.057
without teeth	6	12.2	19	26.8	0.054
Eating pattern in hospital
did not take snacks	2	4.1	15	21.1	0.008^*
taking only hospital food	2	4.1	15	21.1	0.008^*
eating alone during every main meal	39	79.6	65	91.5	0.058
Medical
from surgical ward	26	53.1	50	70.4	0.052
undergone operation	10	20.4	26	36.6	0.057
under diabetic diet	6	12.2	22	31.0	0.017^*

^afive or more nutrients from the eight selected nutrients are more than 2/3 RDA; ^*p < 0.05 (Chi-squared test)

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