Table 3.
Estimates of screening; nutrition assessment; nutrition diagnoses; food intake & body weight monitoring by site (n = 700)
| Screening & risk identification: | Overall (N = 700) | Site A (N = 152) |
Site B (N = 119) | Site C (N = 159) | Site D (N = 131) | Site E (N = 139) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screened for malnutrition | 35.5% ** (n = 249/ 700) |
76.3% (n = 116/ 152) |
0% (n = 0/119) |
25.8% (n = 41/159) |
0% (n = 0/131) |
66.1% (n = 92/139) |
| Of those screened, AT RISK | 36.1% (n = 89/246)a,b |
31% (n = 35/113) a |
N/A | 56.1% (n = 23/41) | N/A | 33.7% (n = 31/92) |
| Comprehensive dietitian nutrition assessment | ||||||
| % receiving comprehensive dietitian assessments | 27.9% ** (n = 195/700) |
25% (n = 38/152) |
16.8% (n = 20/119) | 23.9% (n = 38/159) | 38.9% (n = 51/131) | 34.5% (n = 48/139) |
| Nutrition diagnoses | ||||||
| % who received a nutrition diagnosis | 26.1% ** (n = 183/700) |
24.3% (n = 37/152) |
13.4% (n = 16/119) | 22.0% (n = 35/159) | 37.4% (n = 49/131) | 33.1% (n = 46/139) |
| Food intake monitoring | ||||||
| % who had food intake monitored |
6.2% ** (n = 43/699) a |
0% |
4.2% (n = 5/119) |
0.6% (n = 1/158) a |
8.4% (n = 11/131) |
18.7% (n = 26/139) |
| Body weight recorded at admission | ||||||
| % who had their body weight recorded at admission | 47.9% ** (n = 335/700) |
14.5% (n = 22/152) |
16.8% (n = 20/119) | 78% (n = 124/159) | 93.1% (n = 122/131) | 33.8% (n = 47/139) |
| Body weight monitoring | ||||||
| % who had their body weight monitored during their time in hospital | 17.5% ** (n = 122/699) a |
17.8% (n = 27/152) |
10.9% (n = 13/119) |
1.9% (n = 3/158) a |
16% (n = 21/131) |
41.7% (n = 58/139) |
**indicates statistically significant difference across sites (p < 0.0001)
aIndicates missing data
bIndicates use of Fishers’ exact test rather than chi-square