Table 2 Dietary intake and Dietary Diversity Scores related characteristics among fractured adult patients at University of Gondar teaching hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 118)
Characteristics | Frequency (Percent) |
|---|---|
Consumption of milk and milk product at 1st visit | |
Yes | 37(31.4) |
No | 81(68.6) |
Milk and milk products after a month of fracture | |
Yes | 68(57.6) |
No | 50(42.4) |
Meal frequency per a day of 1st visit | |
≤ 3 Times | 116(98.3) |
≥ 4 Times | 2(1.7) |
Meal frequency per day of after a month of fracture | |
≤ 3 Times | 62(52.5) |
≥ 4 Times | 56(47.5) |
Fruit and vegetable consumption per week of after fracture | |
Yes | 31(26.3) |
No | 87(73.7) |
Staple diets of the family (n = 223) | |
Teff | 92(41.3) |
Maize | 70(31.4) |
Sorghum | 61(27.3) |
Household source of food | |
Own production | 54(45.8) |
Purchase | 42(35.6) |
Both growth & purchase | 22(18.6) |
Availability of home grading | |
Yes | 19(10.6) |
No | 99(89.4) |
Types of foods cultivated in home garden (n = 9) | |
Fruits and vegetables | 17(77.8) |
Others | 2(22.2) |
DDSs in previous 24 h of 1st visit | |
Poor | 74(62.7) |
Medium | 39(33.1) |
High | 5(4.2) |
DDSs in previous 24 h after a month of fracture | |
Poor | 29(24.6) |
Medium | 62(52.5) |
High | 27(22.9) |