Table 1.
Work units and presence of Nutrition Units.
| n | % | Definition of Dysphagia | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impaired Swallowing (n,%) | Do Not Know | ||||
| n (%) | |||||
| Reference Units: | <0.001 | ||||
| Surgical area | 20 | 5.5 | 12 (60.0) | 8 (40.0) | |
| Primary Health Care | 39 | 9.9 | 30 (6.9) | 9 (23.1) | |
| Socio-Health centers | 6 | 1.5 | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | |
| Critical Care Medicine | 26 | 6.6 | 16 (61.5) | 10 (38.5) | |
| Palliative Care | 10 | 2.6 | 8 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | |
| Geriatrics | 43 | 10.9 | 34 (79.1) | 9 (20.9) | |
| Internal Medicine | 97 | 24.6 | 49 (50.5) | 48 (49.5) | |
| Neurology | 15 | 3.8 | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | |
| Oncology | 31 | 7.9 | 14 (45.2) | 17 (54.8) | |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 7 | 1.8 | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | |
| Emergency | 24 | 6.1 | 21 (87.5) | 3 (12.5) | |
| Others | 76 | 19.3 | 52 (68.4) | 24 (3.6) | |
| Nutrition Unit in the center: | |||||
| Yes | 180 | 45.7 | 123 (54.9) | 57 (45.1) | |
| Not | 143 | 36.3 | 87 (60.8) | 56 (39.2) | 0.107 |
| Do not know | 71 | 18 | 39 (68.3) | 52 (31.7) | |