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

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda, Charlton, Karen, Walton, Karen, Bonney, Andrew, Potter, Jan, Albert, George, Milosavljevic, Marianna, Hodgkins, Adam, Ghosh, Abhijeet, Dalley, Andrew
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: BioMed Central 2014
• الموضوعات: RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/1/46980_-_Feasibility_of_implementing_routine_nutritional_screening.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/46980/; http://bmcfampract.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-014-0186-5

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...