Patients Report Positive Nutrition Counseling Outcomes

Objective Assess outcomes of patient nutrition counseling. Design A descriptive study based on the results of a telephone interview performed 2 to 8 weeks after counseling. Subjects/setting Subjects were 400 adult patients referred for nutrition counseling at 2 academic health centers. Of these, 274 patients received nutrition counseling during hospitalization and 126 as outpatients. Statistical analysis Descriptive statistics were used to summarize data and the Mann-Whitney U statistic and logistic regressions were used to test significant differences ( P