Table 10: Relationship between of required, prescribed & actual enteral feeding
regarding macronutrients among the critically ill patients.
Variable |
Mean |
T |
Sig. |
|
Calories (Kcal) |
Prescribed:
Delivered |
366.20 ± 303.10 |
8.54 |
0.000* |
Required: Delivered |
2398.25 ± 435.58 |
38.93 |
0.000* |
|
Required: Prescribed |
2032.05 ± 394.88 |
36.38 |
0.000* |
|
Protein (g) |
Required: Prescribed |
94.49 ± 20.97 |
31.85 |
0.000* |
Prescribed:
Delivered |
18.69 ± 13.63 |
9.69 |
0.000* |
|
Required : Delivered |
113.18 ± 26.86 |
29.79 |
0.000* |
|
Enteral Volume (ml) |
Required : Delivered |
4718.57 ± 832.55 |
40.07 |
0.000* |
Required :
Prescribed |
3666.43 ± 819.20 |
31.64 |
0.000* |
|
Prescribed:
Delivered |
1052.14± 687.07 |
10.82 |
0.000 * |