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Table 2 Satisfaction of participants with different aspects of hospital food

From: Diet satisfaction and associated factors among adult surgical orthopaedic inpatients at a teaching hospital in Lusaka province, Zambia; a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Aspect of food

Nā€‰=ā€‰98

Satisfied

Dissatisfied

Very satisfied

Satisfied

Fairly satisfied

Total n(%)

Dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

Total n(%)

Portion size

6

28

32

66 (67.3)

28

4

32 (32.7)

Temperature of hospital food

8

50

35

93 (94.9)

4

1

5 (5.1)

Time of meal distribution

5

20

30

55 (56.1)

35

8

43 (43.9)

Type of hospital food

0

10

13

23 (23.5)

45

30

75 (76.5)

Variety of hospital food

0

2

1

3 (3.1)

33

62

95 (96.9)

Taste of hospital food

0

20

8

28 (28.6)

62

8

70 (71.4)

Appearance of hospital food

0

19

15

34 (34.7)

55

9

64 (65.3)

Overall quality of hospital food

0

25

10

35 (35.7)

58

5

63 (64.3)

Attitude of staff serving food

0

20

11

31 (31.6)

53

14

67 (68.4)