SynthesisNutrients2021
Hospital Food Service Strategies to Improve Food Intakes among Inpatients: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital technologies in inpatient foodservice and nutrition care: a systematic scoping review of intake, plate waste, measurement, and implementation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Alignment of Australian Hospital Nutrition Standards With National and International Evidence-Based Guidelines: A Scoping Review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Physical health and activity management in forensic mental healthcare: hospital practices and staff insights from an Australian national study.BJPsych open · 2026Article
- A critical realist exploration of hospital staff experiences of using nutrition dashboard technology.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Fifteen Years of Patient Experience with Hospital Food in a Spanish Long-Term Care Hospital.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Meal composition and nutrient intake in hospitalized adults: the role of relative energy and protein content.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Hospital Food Service Experiences Between Older Patients From English- and Non-English Speaking Backgrounds in a Large Public Hospital in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Improving hospital food and meal provision: a qualitative exploration of nutrition leaders' experiences in implementing change.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional study on the relationship between length of stay and patient satisfaction based on the SERVQUAL model.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Patient expectations and understanding of hospital food service provision when declaring a food allergy.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Evaluation of patients' satisfaction with food services and assessment of plate waste in Cypriot hospitals.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Between illness and hunger: the food crisis affecting patients in Ecuador.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Malnutrition Risk Among Hospitalized Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association With Hospital Length.Public health challenges · 2024Article
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- Managing food waste in the inpatient population.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
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- Healthcare providers' knowledge, attitude, and practice on quality of nutrition care in hospitals from a developing country: a multicenter experience.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Malnutrition in Hospitalized Old Patients: Screening and Diagnosis, Clinical Outcomes, and Management.Nutrients · 2022Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This review aims to identify hospital food service strategies to improve food consumption among hospitalized patients. A systematic search that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria was manually conducted through Web of Science and Scopus by an author, and the ambiguities were clarified by two senior authors. The quality assessment was separately conducted by two authors, and the ambiguities were clarified with all the involved authors. Qualitative synthesis was used to analyze and summarized the findings. A total of 2432 articles were identified by searching the databases, and 36 studies were included. The majority of the studies applied menu modifications and meal composition interventions (
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