Attitudes towards and knowledge of nutrition support amongst health care professionals on <scp>L</scp>ondon <scp>intensive care units</scp>

Lane, Crystal Lynn Duncan; Wedlake, Linda; Dougherty, Lisa; Shaw, Clare

doi:10.1111/jhn.12152

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“…A lack of training is one of the barriers for nursing involvement in the malnutrition screening process 7 . A low level of nutrition knowledge has also been demonstrated in intensive care nurses 21 . Similar to the results of our survey of Canadian nurses caring for patients on medical and surgical wards, a survey from nurses working in general practice clinics in Australia demonstrated a need for more nutrition education 22 .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 76%

Nurses' Perceptions Regarding the Prevalence, Detection, and Causes of Malnutrition in Canadian Hospitals

Keller

Vesnaver

Laporte

et al. 2014

J Parenter Enteral Nutr

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 76%

Nurses' Perceptions Regarding the Prevalence, Detection, and Causes of Malnutrition in Canadian Hospitals

Keller

Vesnaver

Laporte

et al. 2014

J Parenter Enteral Nutr

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“…Inadequate MNT knowledge was documented among Scandinavian doctors and nurses; specifically, 25% of the 4512 professionals surveyed could not identify patients in need of MNT; 39% lacked techniques for recognizing malnourished patients; 53% found it difficult to calculate patient energy requirements; 66% were unfamiliar with national guidelines for clinical nutrition [7]. A British survey conducted among healthcare professionals working on intensive care units across London found that only 44% of the physicians and 26% of the nurses demonstrated an understanding of the evidence set out in the nutrition support guidelines [8]. Failure to identify social determinants of health as contributors to obesity together with lack of nutrition knowledge were among the barriers to treating adult obesity among US primary care physicians [13,19].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Health professionals, in a variety of fields, have not consistently conducted translational research [3,4,5,6]. In the area of nutrition, for example, poor knowledge of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) has been reported among various medical units and teams, both in the USA and Europe [6,7,8]. Factors associated with failure to conduct successful nutritional translational research were lack of knowledge and resources [6,7,8,9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutrition Knowledge Translation Performance in Health Professionals: Findings from the 2017 Unified Forces Preventive Nutrition Conference (UFPN)

2019

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Background: Dietitians and other health care professionals must be able to translate findings from clinical trials into best treatment practices, a skill termed “knowledge translation”. This skill requires knowledge of treatment guidelines as well as the science underpinning treatment recommendations. Unsatisfactory knowledge translation of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) has been documented. Methods: Individuals registered to attend a leading national nutrition conference were asked to participate in an online cross-sectional survey. Participants were asked to provide demographic and professional information, answer questions on nutrition knowledge and to choose a clinical action plan in response to dietitian-designed case vignettes describing research outcomes. Responses were compared by profession and participation in research activities. Results: Of 3000 registered conference attendees, 299 individuals replied: 79.0% dietitians, 93.3% female, with a mean household income matching the 5th decile of income, 60.7% indicated a single employment setting, 20.7% reported participating in research. Almost 74% of respondents indicated that they would make clinical recommendations based on findings of an in vitro study. In one vignette, a patient with a disease previously not encountered by the respondent required a clinical treatment plan. Only 53% of participants chose to seek formal nutrition guidelines. Fewer than 15% of participants could identify the pathway for fat during weight loss. Differences in knowledge translation skills by research participation were not detected. Conclusions: Our findings reveal a deficit in knowledge translation proficiency in a convenience sample of dietitians and other health professionals, highlighting the need to develop these skills.

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“…One study even found that physicians knew less than their patients about some dietary topics (Lazarus, 1997). Several studies have shown that nurses as well as other health professionals often have insufficient dietary knowledge (Adams et al, 2010;Lane et al, 2014;Lazarus, 1997;Mowe et al, 2008;Warber, et al, 1997;Yalcin et al, 2013). Park et al found that although most nurses are aware of the need for diet therapy, they have limited knowledge about low-cholesterol diets, sources of soluble fibre and specific foods that can help prevent disease (Park et al, 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge of Heatlh Effects of Dietary Fibre Among Nurses and the General Population in Croatia: Comparative Analysis

Ljubičić

Sarić

Ćurin

et al. 2017

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Abstract:Introduction: Nurses play diverse roles in educating patients about a healthy diet and in promoting healthy eating habits, through their conversations with patients and families and through their work providing enteral and parenteral feeding to critically ill patients. Given the position of nurses as key providers of dietary guidance, and given the health benefits of dietary fibre, we wanted to assess the level of fibre-related knowledge among nurses in Croatia. Objectives: The primary objective of this cross-sectional s tudy was to compare knowledge between nurses and the general population from Croatia about the health importance of consuming dietary fibre. Methods: Knowledge from 369 nurses and 727 residents from the general population about fibre was assessed using a validated survey developed by the CI&DETS Polytechnic Institute, Viseu, Portugal. Differences between nurses and the general population were assessed for significance using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test, while associations between study variables and knowledge were explored using Spearman rank correlation coefficients. Results: The level of knowledge among nurses and the general population in Croatia about dietary fibre varies from «undecided» to «partial knowledge». No association was observed between nurse education level and either general knowledge about fibre or knowledge about the health benefits of fibre intake. No significant differences were observed between nurses and the general population in general knowledge (p = 0.894) or in health-related knowledge (p = 0.578). Conclusion: The results suggest the need for updating and expanding nursing curricula. The similar level of knowledge between nurses and the general population about dietary fibre indicates the need to strengthen nurse education and training in the areas of diet and diet therapy in Croatia. Given the role of nurses as diet educators and advisors, this may help improve the quality of health care.

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Attitudes towards and knowledge of nutrition support amongst health care professionals on London intensive care units

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

Nurses' Perceptions Regarding the Prevalence, Detection, and Causes of Malnutrition in Canadian Hospitals

Nurses' Perceptions Regarding the Prevalence, Detection, and Causes of Malnutrition in Canadian Hospitals

Nutrition Knowledge Translation Performance in Health Professionals: Findings from the 2017 Unified Forces Preventive Nutrition Conference (UFPN)

Knowledge of Heatlh Effects of Dietary Fibre Among Nurses and the General Population in Croatia: Comparative Analysis

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