Table 4.

Effect of the Intervention on Treatments

3 month outcomes	Intervention (n=127)	Control (n=127)	p value*
Assisted feeding interventions
Any modified diet	94%	87%	0.07
Specialized dysphagia diet	89%	76%	0.04
High calorie supplement	76%	75%	0.87
Specialized staff assistance	20%	10%	0.08
Specialized utensils	6%	10%	0.24
Head / body positioning	2%	1%	0.38
9 month outcomes
Number of new feeding tubes	1	3	0.34
Number of Do not Tube Feed orders	4	2	0.41
Chart records of discussions	34	32	0.97
Weight loss	6%	16%	0.01
Cumulative mortality rate	27%	29%	0.69

Means and percents are estimated from multiple linear regression or logistic regression models, adjusted for baseline chewing/swallowing difficulties

^*p values adjusted for nursing home intra-class correlation