Table 6.
Advanced Nutrition Care Strategies by Site (n = 700)
| Overall (N = 700) % (n) |
Site A (N = 152) % (n) |
Site B (N = 119) % (n) |
Site C (N = 159) % (n) |
Site D (N = 131) % (n) |
Site E (N = 139) % (n) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced nutrition care strategies | ||||||
| % that received any advanced nutrition care strategies | 39.4 (276) ** | 42.1 (64) | 31.9 (38) | 13.2 (21) | 34.4 (45) | 77.7 (108) |
| Types of advanced nutrition care strategies: | (n = 276) | (n = 64) | (n = 38) | (n = 21) | (n = 45) | (n = 108) |
| Nutrient dense diet | 20.6 (57) ** | 7.8 (5) | 18.4 (7) | 0 (0) | 24.4 (11) | 31.4 (34) |
| Liberalized diet | 3.2 (9) a | 0 (0) | 2.6 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7.4 (8) |
| Preferred foods | 48.5 (134) ** | 17.1 (11) | 5.2 (2) | 4.7 (1) | 53.3 (24) | 88.8 (96) |
| High energy/protein milkshakes/drinks/ONS | 40.9 (113) ** | 37.5 (24) | 60.5 (23) | 28.5 (6) | 71.1 (32) | 25.9 (28) |
| Med pass for ONS | 6.1 (17) ** | 0 (0) | 21 (8) | 33.3 (7) | 4.4 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Snacks between meals | 11.9 (33) ** | 4.6 (3) | 39.4 (15) | 4.7 (1) | 26.6 (12) | 1.8 (2) |
|
Other (i.e. minced, fluid diets, specialized diets, vitamin supplements) |
22.8 (63) ** | 75 (48) | 7.8 (3) | 42.8 (9) | 4.4 (2) | 0.01 (1) |
**indicates statistically significant difference across sites (p < 0.0001)
aIndicates use of Fishers’ exact test rather than chi-square