Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study

Nutrition screening in older adults is not routinely performed in Australian primary care settings. Low awareness of the extent of malnutrition in this patient group, lack of training and time constraints are major barriers that practice staff face. This study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda, Charlton, Karen, Walton, Karen, Bonney, Andrew, Potter, Jan, Albert, George, Milosavljevic, Marianna, Hodgkins, Adam, Ghosh, Abhijeet, Dalley, Andrew
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BioMed Central 2014
Subjects:	RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/1/46980_-_Feasibility_of_implementing_routine_nutritional_screening.pdf

id	iium-46980
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-469802018-01-09T07:08:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/ Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Charlton, Karen Walton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Potter, Jan Albert, George Milosavljevic, Marianna Hodgkins, Adam Ghosh, Abhijeet Dalley, Andrew RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease Nutrition screening in older adults is not routinely performed in Australian primary care settings. Low awareness of the extent of malnutrition in this patient group, lack of training and time constraints are major barriers that practice staff face. This study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of including a validated nutrition screening tool and accompanying nutrition resource kit for use with older patients attending general practice. Secondary aims were to assess nutrition-related knowledge of staff and to identify the extent of malnutrition in this patient group BioMed Central 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/1/46980_-_Feasibility_of_implementing_routine_nutritional_screening.pdf Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda and Charlton, Karen and Walton, Karen and Bonney, Andrew and Potter, Jan and Albert, George and Milosavljevic, Marianna and Hodgkins, Adam and Ghosh, Abhijeet and Dalley, Andrew (2014) Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study. BMC Family Practice, 15 (186). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1471-2296 http://bmcfampract.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-014-0186-5 doi:10.1186/s12875-014-0186-5
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease
spellingShingle	RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Charlton, Karen Walton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Potter, Jan Albert, George Milosavljevic, Marianna Hodgkins, Adam Ghosh, Abhijeet Dalley, Andrew Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
description	Nutrition screening in older adults is not routinely performed in Australian primary care settings. Low awareness of the extent of malnutrition in this patient group, lack of training and time constraints are major barriers that practice staff face. This study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of including a validated nutrition screening tool and accompanying nutrition resource kit for use with older patients attending general practice. Secondary aims were to assess nutrition-related knowledge of staff and to identify the extent of malnutrition in this patient group
format	Article
author	Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Charlton, Karen Walton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Potter, Jan Albert, George Milosavljevic, Marianna Hodgkins, Adam Ghosh, Abhijeet Dalley, Andrew
author_facet	Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Charlton, Karen Walton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Potter, Jan Albert, George Milosavljevic, Marianna Hodgkins, Adam Ghosh, Abhijeet Dalley, Andrew
author_sort	Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda
title	Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
title_short	Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
title_full	Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
title_fullStr	Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
title_full_unstemmed	Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
title_sort	feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
publisher	BioMed Central
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/1/46980_-_Feasibility_of_implementing_routine_nutritional_screening.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T21:06:52Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T21:06:52Z
_version_	1777410991456256000

Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study

Similar Items