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    Augustin, Anna; Broyles, Jennifer; Rutter, Lauren; Gliosca, Danielle

    Current developments in nutrition 3, Številka: Suppl 1
    Journal Article

    Our goal is to evaluate the current dietary offerings available for residents, survey how this food selection impacts their overall wellness, and measure any effect gained from broadening the current nutritional choices available. An anonymous, paper survey about GME nutrition selection was distributed to residents during a dedicated wellness hour. The surveys were collected and analyzed as follows. The z-test for proportions was performed to determine the proportion of residents who answered yes or no to the resident lounge snack survey questionnaires. The first question was on snack satisfaction was a response on a scale of 1–10 and is presented as means with confidence interval. A chi-squared test was performed to see if there is a correlation between resident snack satisfaction and yes or no responses to survey questions on dietary restriction, limited choices, nutritional needs, sugar crash, patient advice, home food quality and nutritional for wellness. The last two questions were written responses and were tabulated and enumerated for responses falling into respective food categories. All residents’ (100%) surveyed responded, “yes” to the nutritional wellness. While the “Yes” responses to home food quality, diet restriction, limited choices, and sugar crash were 8.3%, 20.8%, 25% and 58.3%, respectively. All residents surveyed (100%) responded “No” to the nutritional needs and patient advice. The mean snack satisfaction score was 4, 95% CI 3.32–4.68. Only home food quality was found to be significantly related to resident satisfaction (P < 0.05). The most popular response to the suggestion list for GME snacks were fruit (n = 6) and jerky (n = 5). The most popular response to the Do Not Need List for GME Snack Area were no response (n = 9), cookies (n = 6) and chips (n = 6). Residents prefer healthy snacks such as fruit and do not want unhealthy snacks like cookies and chips. There is an association between resident’s snack satisfaction on the current snack choices and the home food quality. n/a.