Do Inpatients Rate Hospital Food and Nutrition Services Differently Than Discharged Patients?

A Systematic Review of Hospital Foodservice Patient Satisfaction Studies

“…Six studies examined the relationship between ratings given on inpatient and post-discharge questionnaires. 4,11,14,21,23,26 …”

“…3,11,13,19,23,26,29,33,40 Subjects were mostly inpatients, but in some studies discharged patients 11,14,15,21 or outpatients 21 were involved as well. None of the trials reports any information about the power of the study.…”

“…Seven studies used questionnaires consisting of fewer than 10 items, 16,19,22,23,28,32,33 11 studies used questionnaires with 10 to 20 items, 3,11,15,17,18,20,24,25,26,34,37 and four studies used questionnaires consisting of more than 20 items. 4,13,35,40 Only one study did not report the number of items on the questionnaire.…”

“…13,16,17,19,21,24,25,30,38 Some of the reviewed studies were conducted during hospitalization, in particular just before or just after arrival and consumption of the meal. 13,3,4,20,22,26,29,34,36,40 Four studies were conducted both during hospitalization and after discharge of patients, 11,14,23,26 and one only after discharge. 4 …”

“…3,11,23,24 Search terms included controlled terms from Medical Subject Headings in PubMed and CINAHL headings in CINAHL as well as free text terms. For EMBASE a search with free words was applied.…”