Research Article
Prevalence of Malnutrition in Orally and Tube-Fed Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Germany and Its Relation to Health Complaints and Dietary Intake
Table 1
Characteristics of orally and tube-fed nursing home residents.
| | Oral nutrition () | Tube-feeding () |
| | Female sex | 81.4 | 74.1 | | Age, years (mean ± SD (median)) | 85.0 ± 8.1 (86.0) | 81.9 ± 6.2 (82.0) | | Age ≥ 85 years (%) | 55.1 | 40.7 | | ADL, p. (median (P25–P75)) | 55 (20–85) | 0 (0–5) *** | | ADL | | | | Independent (70–100 p.) (%) | 41.8 | 0.0 *** | | In need of help (35–65 p.) (%) | 26.0 | 0.0 | | In need of care (<35 p.) (%) | 32.2 | 100.0 | | Mobility | | | | Mobile (%) | 59.4 | 0.0 *** | | Moderately mobile (%) | 10.8 | 3.7 | | Immobile (%) | 29.7 | 96.3 | | Dementia | | | | No [%] | 40.2 | 15.4 ** | | Mild [%] | 20.1 | 11.5 | | Severe [%] | 39.6 | 73.1 | | Depression | | | | No (%) | 61.4 | 69.2 | | Mild (%) | 22.1 | 7.7 | | Severe (%) | 16.5 | 23.1 | | Health status | | | | Fair (%) | 58.2 | 25.9 *** | | Moderate (%) | 27.2 | 29.6 | | Poor (%) | 14.6 | 44.4 | No. of chronic diseases
(median (P25–P75)) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (4–7) | | ≥5 chronic diseases (%) | 53.7 | 70.4 | No. of medications
(median (P25–P75)) | 6 (4–8) | 5 (4–8) | | ≥5 medications (%) | 70.9 | 70.4 |
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ADL = Activities of daily living, SD = standard deviation, P = percentile.
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