Perception of knowledge about Clinical Hospital Nutrition among resident doctors in a tertiary hospital

Resident physicians’ proper use of nutritional support and knowledge about Clinical Nutrition is essential to ensuring that their patients receive suitable nutritional care. An online survey was sent to resident physicians at our hospital in specialisations with hospital beds. The survey featured 20...

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Published in:Endocrinología, diabetes y nutrición. diabetes y nutrición., 2022-04, Vol.69 (4), p.247-253
Main Authors: Moya-Moya, Antonio José, López García, María Carmen, Sirvent Segovia, Alejandro E., Jiménez Martínez, Cortes María, Ruiz de Assín Valverde, Andrés, Madrona Marcos, Fátima María, Quílez Toboso, Rosa Pilar, García Blasco, Lourdes, Alfaro-Martínez, José-Joaquín
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Language:English
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Clinical Nutrition
Desnutrición
Encuesta
Hospital
Malnutrition
Médico residente
Nutrición Clínica
Percepción
Perception
Resident physician
Survey
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Summary:Resident physicians’ proper use of nutritional support and knowledge about Clinical Nutrition is essential to ensuring that their patients receive suitable nutritional care. An online survey was sent to resident physicians at our hospital in specialisations with hospital beds. The survey featured 20 multiple-choice questions scored from 1 to 10 (1 being “completely disagree” and 10 being “completely agree”) across the following themes: nutritional assessment, diets, oral nutritional supplements, enteral nutrition and perception of the Nutrition Unit. The survey was completed by 69% of resident physicians in medical specialisations and 70% of those in surgical specialisations. Overall, the average survey score was 6.28, with higher scores among medical residents than surgical residents (6.86 versus 5.38; p 
ISSN:2530-0180
2530-0180
DOI:10.1016/j.endien.2021.03.003