Table 3 Patients’ satisfaction with hospital food by general characteristics
Variable | Satisfied | Not satisfied | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 35 | % | N = 63 | % | ||
Age | |||||
< 30 years | 12 | 34.3 | 15 | 23.8 | 0.250 |
31–50 | 18 | 51.4 | 43 | 68.3 | |
> 50 | 5 | 14.3 | 5 | 7.9 | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 27 | 77.1 | 52 | 82.5 | 0.517 |
Female | 8 | 22.9 | 11 | 17.5 | |
Education | |||||
No formal education | 2 | 5.7 | 7 | 11.1 | 0.827 |
Primary | 17 | 48.6 | 28 | 44.4 | |
Secondary | 14 | 40 | 25 | 39.7 | |
Tertiary | 2 | 5.7 | 3 | 4.8 | |
Marital status | |||||
Married | 20 | 57.1 | 42 | 66.7 | 0.349 |
Not married | 5 | 429 | 21 | 33.3 | |
Length of stay | |||||
3–7 days | 9 | 28.6 | 11 | 17.5 | 0.433 |
8–16 days | 7 | 34.3 | 24 | 38.1 | |
> 16 days | 15 | 37.1 | 28 | 44.4 | |