Prevalence of Malnutrition in Orally and Tube-Fed Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Germany and Its Relation to Health Complaints and Dietary Intake

Table 3

Health complaints of orally and tube-fed nursing home residents.

	Oral nutrition		Tube-feeding
	(𝑛=323)		(𝑛=27)
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Constipation	133	41.3	17	63.0 *
Nausea/vomiting	38	11.8	9	33.3 **
Diarrhoea	21	6.5	1	3.7
Pressure sore	8	2.5	5	18.5
Wound healing problems	34	10.5	3	11.1
Dehydration	36	11.1	1	3.7
Infection	70	21.7	8	29.6
Antibiotic use	51	15.8	6	22.2
Hospitalization	45	13.9	7	25.9

** 𝑃<.001, *𝑃<.01.