Table 3.
Summary statistics for the use of Mandolean device at baseline (all participants), intervention phase (intervention only), and postintervention (all participants).
Variable | Baseline meal frequency | Training meals frequency | Postintervention meals frequency |
Number children/teenagers, n (%) | 20 (100) | 8 (40) | 12 (60) |
Mean (SD) | 5.7 (5.2) | 5.4 (9.2) | 4.6 (5.2) |
Median | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
25th centiles | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
75th centiles | 9.0 | 9.3 | 7.8 |
Mean meals as percentage of planned meals | 56 | 19 | 46 |
Unsuccessful meal attemptsa, mean (SD) | 1.2 (2.1) | 0.5 (0.9) | 1.0 (0.8) |
aUnsuccessful meal attempts were meals initiated and therefore registered on the clinical portal system, but ultimately did not record the rate of eating successfully.