Weight Should Be Measured Daily in Patients Receiving Nutrition Support

question 10

Multiple Choice

Weight should be measured daily in patients receiving nutrition support to help determine their:

• A) nutritional status.
• B) hydration status.
• C) energy balance.
• D) nitrogen balance.

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Definitions:

T-tests

Statistical tests used to compare the means of two groups and determine if they are significantly different from each other.

Statistically Different

Being statistically different means that observed differences between groups or variables in a study are unlikely to have occurred by chance, according to statistical analysis. This distinction supports the idea that the observed effects reflect true differences in the populations being studied.

Correlation Coefficients

Statistical measures that quantify the direction and strength of the relationship between two numerical variables.

Continuous Variables

Variables that can take on an infinite number of values within a given range, representing quantities that can be divided into finer units.