Table 2. Nutrition promotion practices and sub-group comparison for years of practice and hospital location.
| n = 123a (%) | Years of practice n = 121 (%) | Hospital location n = 120 (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <25 years n = 60 (49.6) | ≥25 years n = 61 (50.4) | p-value | Metro n = 62 (51.7) | Rural & regional n = 58 (48.3) | p-value | ||
| In your opinion, who is the primary person responsible for healthy eating in your hospital? | |||||||
| Me | 40 (32.5) | 17 (28.3) | 23 (37.7) | 0.273 | 17 (27.4) | 23 (39.7) | 0.171 |
| Nutritionist/dietician | 43 (35.0) | 25 (41.7) | 17 (27.9) | 0.111 | 29 (46.8) | 14 (24.1) | 0.015* |
| Oncologist | 4 (3.3) | 3 (5.0) | 1 (1.6) | 0.301 | 0 (0) | 4 (6.9) | 0.099 |
| Other | 20 (16.3) | 12 (20.0) | 8 (13.1) | 0.308 | 10 (16.1) | 9 (15.5) | 0.717 |
| I don’t know | 6 (4.9) | 2 (3.3) | 4 (6.6) | 0.414 | 4 (6.5) | 2 (3.4) | 0.691 |
| Please indicate in which stage of cancer treatment healthy eating is promoted b | |||||||
| Pre treatment | 77 (62.6) | 40 (66.7) | 37 (60.7) | 0.492 | 37 (59.7) | 40 (69.0) | 0.289 |
| During treatment | 92 (74.8) | 49 (79.0) | 43 (70.5) | 0.150 | 46 (74.2) | 45 (77.6) | 0.664 |
| Post treatment | 79 (64.2) | 43 (69.4) | 36 (59.0) | 0.144 | 40 (64.5) | 39 (67.2) | 0.753 |
| Every stage | 65 (52.8) | 34 (54.8) | 31 (50.8) | 0.519 | 32 (51.6) | 33 (56.9) | 0.562 |
| I don’t know | 10 (8.1) | 4 (6.5) | 6 (9.8) | 0.527 | 7 (11.3) | 3 (5.2) | 0.226 |
Notes.
a
Numbers may not equal 123 due to missing data or missing response.
b
Multiple-choice answers were possible.
- Metro
- Metropolitan
*
p < 0.05 group differences based on Pearson Chi-squared analysis.