Caregiver-involved nutritional support and mindfulness training for patients with gastrointestinal cancer: Effects on malnutrition risk and mood

Table 2 Comparison between the nutritional indices of the two groups (mean ± SD)

Groups	n	BMI (kg/m2)		NRS2002 (score)		ALB (g/L)		TRF (g/L)
		Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Observation group	59	21.35 ± 1.16	23.57 ± 1.85	4.26 ± 0.85	2.47 ± 0.64	31.08 ± 3.11	40.26 ± 3.23	1.79 ± 0.38	2.61 ± 0.52
Control	59	21.49 ± 1.28	22.35 ± 1.48	4.19 ± 0.88	3.22 ± 0.79	31.22 ± 3.05	38.28 ± 3.08	1.81 ± 0.40	2.25 ± 0.47
t	-	0.623	3.955	0.439	5.666	0.247	3.408	0.278	3.945
P value	-	0.535	< 0.001	0.661	< 0.001	0.805	0.001	0.781	< 0.001

BMI: Body mass index; NRS2022: Nutrition Risk Screening 2002; ALB: Albumin; TRF: Transferrin.