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Table 4 Chi-square analyses demonstrating the relationship between different basic situations and DT, PG-SGA and NRS2002

From: Prevalence and relationship of malnutrition and distress in patients with Cancer using questionnaires

Basic situations

Relationship with

DT

PG-SGA

NRS2002

 Age (>  55)

7.354b

1.807

5.174a

 Gender

2.638

11.002b

11.879b

 Marital status

4.433

6.426

1.80

 Disease stage

6.135

7.196a

11.217b

 Pain

47.456b

2.100

6.973b

 Residence

2.831

2.698

1.530

 Occupation

2.704

1.879

6.813a

 Education background

1.801

1.517

2.269

 Religious belief

0.841

1.975

1.482

 Source of medical costs

8.700

5.240

4.715

  1. a: p < 0.05
  2. b: p < 0.01
  3. PG-SGA: Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment
  4. NRS2002: Nutritional Risk Screening 2002
  5. DT: Distress Thermometer