Table 5.
Satisfaction with Dietary Counseling of Patients Undergoing Dietary Counseling via Telehealth or via Presential Face to Face Interaction with the Dietitian
| Satisfaction | FTF (n = 81) |
TH (n = 78) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| How satisfied are you with the dietary counseling you received from the dietitian? | |||
| Very dissatisfied | None | None | |
| Dissatisfied | None | None | |
| Satisfied | 2 (2.5) | 8 (11.4) | 0.004 |
| Very satisfied | 13 (16.0) | 19 (27.1) | |
| Above expectations | 66 (81.5) | 43 (61.4) | |
| No response | None | 8 | |
| How did you feel about your interaction with the dietitian? | |||
| Very dissatisfied | None | None | |
| Dissatisfied | None | None | |
| Satisfied | 1 (1.2) | 8 (11.4) | 0.003 |
| Very satisfied | 11 (13.6) | 16 (22.9) | |
| Above expectations | 69 (85.2) | 46 (65.7) | |
| No response | None | 8 | |
| How confident do you feel about the dietary orientation you received? | |||
| Very dissatisfied | None | None | |
| Dissatisfied | None | None | |
| Satisfied | 1 (1.2) | 10 (14.3) | 0.01 |
| Very satisfied | 13 (16.0) | 13 (18.6) | |
| Above expectations | 67 (82.7) | 47 (67.1) | |
| No response | None | 8 | |
| Number of patients who commented on the counseling received | |||
| No comment | 71 (87.7) | 71 (91.0) | 0.66 |
| Comment | 10 (12.3) | 7 (9.0) | |
p-Values obtained by Mann–Whitney testing to numerical variables and chi-square testing to categorical variables.