Table 4.
Management and quality assurance aspects of the total group and stratified according to nursing home size [%]
| Nursing home size |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management and quality assurance | Total (n=541) | Small (n=94) | Medium (n=291) | Large (n=156) | p |
| Staffing aspects | |||||
| Dietician available | 42.3 | 29.8 | 42.3 | 50.0 | 0.006b |
| missing | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
| Interface manager available | 13.7 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 0.700 |
| Interdisciplinary nutrition team implemented | 11.6 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 14.7 | 0.076 |
| Quality circle for nutritional care implemented | 59.0 | 50.0 | 61.2 | 60.3 | 0.149 |
| Regular staff training | 82.1 | 76.6 | 83.5 | 82.7 | 0.307 |
| Framework regulations | |||||
| Process instructions available | 64.3 | 52.1 | 64.9 | 70.5 | 0.013b |
| Interface descriptions available | 33.1 | 29.8 | 32.0 | 37.2 | 0.405 |
| Regular quality audits | 51.9 | 38.3 | 53.3 | 57.7 | 0.010a,b |
| Regular residents satisfaction surveys |
71.5 |
55.3 |
75.9 |
73.1 |
0.001a,b |
Differences between small, medium and large nursing homes were tested with Chi2-test; a. significant difference between small and medium nursing homes (post-hoc z-test, p < 0.05); b. significant difference between small and large nursing homes (post-hoc z-test, p < 0.05)