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Does multifaceted nutritional education improve malnutrition management?

Emilie Reber¹, Anna Messmer Ivanova¹, Patricia Cadisch¹

¹Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland.

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Summary

An educational intervention did not improve hospital residents' knowledge or increase prescribed nutritional therapies for patients. Malnutrition remains prevalent, highlighting the need for better teaching strategies to combat it.

Keywords:

Education Malnutrition Nutritional management

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Medical Education
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Hospital Medicine

Background:

Hospital malnutrition is prevalent and linked to increased patient morbidity and mortality.
Despite its risks, malnutrition is often underdiagnosed and undertreated in hospital settings.
There is a critical need to enhance healthcare professionals' understanding and management of patient nutrition.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention on residents' nutritional knowledge and perception.
To assess the impact of the intervention on the prescription of nutritional therapies for hospitalized patients.

Main Methods:

A prospective intervention study involving internal medicine residents at Bern University Hospital.
Nutritional risk screening (Nutritional Risk Screening 2002) and assessment of prescribed therapies were conducted.
An educational intervention included case discussions and informational pocket cards, with knowledge assessed via multiple-choice tests.

Main Results:

35% of 609 patients exhibited malnutrition, with 36% receiving prescribed nutritional therapies.
The educational intervention did not significantly improve residents' nutritional knowledge scores.
No significant increase in the percentage of prescribed nutritional therapies was observed post-intervention.

Conclusions:

The multimodal educational intervention was ineffective in improving residents' knowledge or increasing nutritional therapy prescriptions.
High prevalence of nutritional risk underscores the inadequacy of current educational approaches.
Novel and more effective teaching strategies are essential to improve the management of hospital malnutrition.