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Table 6 Advanced Nutrition Care Strategies by Site (n = 700)

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

 

Overall

(N = 700)

% (n)

Site A (N = 152)

% (n)

Site B (N = 119)

% (n)

Site C (N = 159)

% (n)

Site D (N = 131)

% (n)

Site E (N = 139)

% (n)

Advanced nutrition care strategies

 % that received any advanced nutrition care strategies

39.4 (276) **

42.1 (64)

31.9 (38)

13.2 (21)

34.4 (45)

77.7 (108)

Types of advanced nutrition care strategies:

(n = 276)

(n = 64)

(n = 38)

(n = 21)

(n = 45)

(n = 108)

 Nutrient dense diet

20.6 (57) **

7.8 (5)

18.4 (7)

0 (0)

24.4 (11)

31.4 (34)

 Liberalized diet

3.2 (9) a

0 (0)

2.6 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

7.4 (8)

 Preferred foods

48.5 (134) **

17.1 (11)

5.2 (2)

4.7 (1)

53.3 (24)

88.8 (96)

 High energy/protein milkshakes/drinks/ONS

40.9 (113) **

37.5 (24)

60.5 (23)

28.5 (6)

71.1 (32)

25.9 (28)

 Med pass for ONS

6.1 (17) **

0 (0)

21 (8)

33.3 (7)

4.4 (2)

0 (0)

 Snacks between meals

11.9 (33) **

4.6 (3)

39.4 (15)

4.7 (1)

26.6 (12)

1.8 (2)

 Other

(i.e. minced, fluid diets, specialized diets, vitamin supplements)

22.8 (63) **

75 (48)

7.8 (3)

42.8 (9)

4.4 (2)

0.01 (1)

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