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Table 3 Estimates of screening; nutrition assessment; nutrition diagnoses; food intake & body weight monitoring by site (n = 700)

From: Need for the Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (INPAC): gaps in current nutrition care in five Canadian hospitals

Screening & risk identification:

Overall (N = 700)

Site A

(N = 152)

Site B (N = 119)

Site C (N = 159)

Site D (N = 131)

Site E (N = 139)

Screened for malnutrition

35.5% ** (n = 249/ 700)

76.3%

(n = 116/ 152)

0%

(n = 0/119)

25.8% (n = 41/159)

0%

(n = 0/131)

66.1% (n = 92/139)

 Of those screened, AT RISK

36.1% (n = 89/246)a,b

31%

(n = 35/113) a

N/A

56.1% (n = 23/41)

N/A

33.7% (n = 31/92)

Comprehensive dietitian nutrition assessment

 % receiving comprehensive dietitian assessments

27.9% ** (n = 195/700)

25%

(n = 38/152)

16.8% (n = 20/119)

23.9% (n = 38/159)

38.9% (n = 51/131)

34.5% (n = 48/139)

Nutrition diagnoses

 % who received a nutrition diagnosis

26.1% ** (n = 183/700)

24.3%

(n = 37/152)

13.4% (n = 16/119)

22.0% (n = 35/159)

37.4% (n = 49/131)

33.1% (n = 46/139)

Food intake monitoring

 % who had food intake monitored

6.2% **

(n = 43/699) a

0%

4.2%

(n = 5/119)

0.6%

(n = 1/158) a

8.4%

(n = 11/131)

18.7% (n = 26/139)

Body weight recorded at admission

 % who had their body weight recorded at admission

47.9% ** (n = 335/700)

14.5%

(n = 22/152)

16.8% (n = 20/119)

78% (n = 124/159)

93.1% (n = 122/131)

33.8% (n = 47/139)

Body weight monitoring

 % who had their body weight monitored during their time in hospital

17.5% ** (n = 122/699) a

17.8%

(n = 27/152)

10.9% (n = 13/119)

1.9%

(n = 3/158) a

16%

(n = 21/131)

41.7% (n = 58/139)

  1. **indicates statistically significant difference across sites (p < 0.0001)
  2. aIndicates missing data
  3. bIndicates use of Fishers’ exact test rather than chi-square