Prevalence and Factors Associated with Malnutrition: A Case among Hospitalized Adult Patients in a Tertiary Hospital, Eastern Uganda

This was a cross-sectional descriptive survey. Data were collected from adult inpatients admitted to the medical ward for at least 48 hours, aged ≥ 18 years and ≤ 65 years. The nutrition status was assessed using “Body Mass index (BMI), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and subjective global assessment (SGA)”. Those variables in the bivariate analysis with p-value < 0.25 were considered candidates for inclusion in the univariate logistic regression. The level of significance was set at 95%.