An ethnographic study exploring person-centred nutrition care in rehabilitation units

Olufson, Hannah T.; Ottrey, Ella; Young, Adrienne M.; Green, Theresa L.

doi:10.1080/09638288.2023.2254230

Disability and Rehabilitation

2023

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2254230

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An ethnographic study exploring person-centred nutrition care in rehabilitation units

Hannah T. Olufson,

Ella Ottrey,

Adrienne M. Young

et al.

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Enhancing or impeding? The influence of digital systems on interprofessional practice and person‐centred care in nutrition care systems across rehabilitation units

Olufson,

Ottrey,

Green

et al. 2023

Nutrition & Dietetics

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AimsDigital health transformation may enhance or impede person‐centred care and interprofessional practice, and thus the provision of high‐quality rehabilitation and nutrition services. We aimed to understand how different elements and factors within existing digital nutrition and health systems in subacute rehabilitation units influence person‐centred and/or interprofessional nutrition and mealtime care practices through the lens of complexity science.MethodsOur ethnographic study was completed through an interpretivist paradigm. Data were collected from observation and interviews with patients, support persons and staff. Overall, 58 h of ethnographic field work led to observing 125 participants and interviewing 77 participants, totalling 165 unique participants. We used reflexive thematic analysis to analyse the data with consideration of complexity science.ResultsWe developed four themes: (1) the interplay of local context and technology use in nutrition care systems; (2) digitalisation affects staff participation in nutrition and mealtime care; (3) embracing technology to support nutrition and food service flexibility; and (4) the (in)visibility of digitally enabled nutrition care systems.ConclusionsWhile digital systems enhance the visibility and flexibility of nutrition care systems in some instances, they may also reduce the ability to customise nutrition and mealtime care and lead to siloing of nutrition‐related activities. Our findings highlight that the introduction of digital systems alone may be insufficient to enable interprofessional practice and person‐centred care within nutrition and mealtime care and thus should be accompanied by local processes and workflows to maximise digital potential.

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Enhancing or impeding? The influence of digital systems on interprofessional practice and person‐centred care in nutrition care systems across rehabilitation units

Olufson,

Ottrey,

Green

et al. 2023

Nutrition & Dietetics

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Harnessing delegation and technology to identify and manage malnutrition in a digital hospital: An implementation study

Ellick,

McCoy,

Olufson

et al. 2024

Nutrition & Dietetics

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AimsDelegation of nutrition care activities to Dietetic Assistants in hospitals has been identified as one innovative malnutrition model of care, but there has been limited evaluation of their roles. This study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate a new Malnutrition Model of Care embracing automated delegation and digital systems.MethodsThe Malnutrition Model of Care was created to detect patients at risk of malnutrition (using the Malnutrition Screening Tool) and nutritional decline (via routine intake tracking at all meals and snacks). Digital systems generated automated referrals to dietetics, with protocols to support Dietetic Assistants to action these to direct care escalation to the ward dietitian. Dietetic Assistant training included simulations and clinical task instructions. Implementation evaluation was guided by the Donabedian model of quality and included a review of inpatient dietetics occasions of service, survey of Dietetic Assistant role satisfaction and task confidence, and hospital‐wide cross‐sectional malnutrition audit. Data was descriptively analysed.ResultsDuring the first year of implementation, 60% of Dietetics inpatient occasions of service were completed by Dietetic Assistants, with 26% of Dietetic Assistant inpatient tasks initiated from nursing malnutrition risk screening. Most Dietetic Assistants reported adequate training and confidence in completing delegated tasks. Malnutrition prevalence was 14% with no hospital‐acquired malnutrition identified. No clinical incidents were reported.ConclusionsThe Dietetic Assistant workforce and technology were harnessed to implement an innovative delegated Malnutrition Model of Care that appears to be safe and effective at managing malnutrition from preliminary evaluation. Work continues to formally assess service efficiencies, cost and patient experience.

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Pragmatic patchwork ethnography, a call to action for health, nutrition and dietetic researchers

Swettenham,

Langley‐Evans

2024

J Human Nutrition Diet

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Qualitative research methods are increasingly used in nutrition and dietetics research. Ethnography is an underexploited approach which seeks to explore the diversity of people and cultures in a given setting, providing a better understanding of the influences that determine their choices and behaviours. It is argued that traditional ethnography, that is, the methodology of living within participant communities, is a dated practice, with roots in colonialism, accessible to only researchers with the means, connections and status to conduct such research, typically white, privileged males. This paper proposes a formal interpretation of ‘patchwork ethnography’, whereby research is carried out in situ around existing modern‐day commitments of the researcher, thus enabling more researchers within health, nutrition and dietetic practice to benefit from the rich data that can be discovered from communities. This review proposes the concept that pragmatic patchwork ethnography is required, proposing a framework for implementation, providing researchers, particularly within the fields of human nutrition, dietetics and health, the accessibility and means to deploy a meaningful client‐centric methodology. We present pragmatic patchwork ethnography as a modern method for use within multiple healthcare settings, thus adding a progressive brick in the wall of qualitative research.

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An ethnographic study exploring person-centred nutrition care in rehabilitation units

Cited by 3 publications

References 58 publications

Enhancing or impeding? The influence of digital systems on interprofessional practice and person‐centred care in nutrition care systems across rehabilitation units

Enhancing or impeding? The influence of digital systems on interprofessional practice and person‐centred care in nutrition care systems across rehabilitation units

Harnessing delegation and technology to identify and manage malnutrition in a digital hospital: An implementation study

Pragmatic patchwork ethnography, a call to action for health, nutrition and dietetic researchers

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