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Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study

Introduction: The elderly population are susceptible to malnutrition due to many factors. Hence, timely malnutrition identification through nutrition screening needs to be performed routinely in health clinics. However, the nutrition screening practice in health clinics need to be improvised for mal...

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Main Authors:	Sheikh Hishamuddin, Siti Nur Amirah, Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda, Harith, Sakinah, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Abd Aziz, Karimah Hanim, A Rashid, Nurul Syaireen
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Published:	Fakulti Perubatan dan Sains Kesihatan Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021
Subjects:	RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/1/93424_Barriers%20and%20opportunities%20of%20nutrition%20screening%20in%20elderly.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/2/93424_Barriers%20and%20opportunities%20of%20nutrition%20screening%20in%20elderly_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/ https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2021100809382704_MJMHS_0833.pdf
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spelling	my.iium.irep.934242022-03-17T04:39:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/ Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study Sheikh Hishamuddin, Siti Nur Amirah Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Harith, Sakinah Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abd Aziz, Karimah Hanim A Rashid, Nurul Syaireen RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition Introduction: The elderly population are susceptible to malnutrition due to many factors. Hence, timely malnutrition identification through nutrition screening needs to be performed routinely in health clinics. However, the nutrition screening practice in health clinics need to be improvised for malnutrition identification among the elderly population. This study identifies barriers and opportunities for nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings. Method: A qualitative study was conducted among healthcare staff from urban and rural health clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. In-depth individual interviews were performed, audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Non-participant observations that act as triangulation were conducted among elderly patients (aged ≥60 years) attending the sampled health clinics. Both data from the interviews and observations were analysed thematically using NVivo software. Results: Twenty healthcare staff participated in the interviews were medical officers (n=6), medical assistants (n=8), staff nurses (n=4), and community nurses (n=2) with a mean age of 33.7±6.3 years. Twenty-one elderly patients were involved in non-participant observations. The four themes that emerged as barriers and opportunities were: time, patient factors, organisation factors and nutrition screening knowledge. Time constituted the main barrier, whilst incorporating a validated nutrition screening tool into current health screening practices was identified as the most practical approach to performing nutrition screening. Staff also highlighted the need for appropriate guidelines for implementing nutrition screening. Conclusion: This study identified appropriate approaches to implementing nutrition screening among elderly patients in health clinics. Developing a comprehensive nutrition screening guideline may facilitate healthcare staff in performing nutrition screening. Fakulti Perubatan dan Sains Kesihatan Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021-10-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/1/93424_Barriers%20and%20opportunities%20of%20nutrition%20screening%20in%20elderly.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/2/93424_Barriers%20and%20opportunities%20of%20nutrition%20screening%20in%20elderly_SCOPUS.pdf Sheikh Hishamuddin, Siti Nur Amirah and Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda and Harith, Sakinah and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Abd Aziz, Karimah Hanim and A Rashid, Nurul Syaireen (2021) Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17 (4). pp. 21-29. E-ISSN 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2021100809382704_MJMHS_0833.pdf
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spellingShingle	RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition Sheikh Hishamuddin, Siti Nur Amirah Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Harith, Sakinah Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abd Aziz, Karimah Hanim A Rashid, Nurul Syaireen Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study
description	Introduction: The elderly population are susceptible to malnutrition due to many factors. Hence, timely malnutrition identification through nutrition screening needs to be performed routinely in health clinics. However, the nutrition screening practice in health clinics need to be improvised for malnutrition identification among the elderly population. This study identifies barriers and opportunities for nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings. Method: A qualitative study was conducted among healthcare staff from urban and rural health clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. In-depth individual interviews were performed, audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Non-participant observations that act as triangulation were conducted among elderly patients (aged ≥60 years) attending the sampled health clinics. Both data from the interviews and observations were analysed thematically using NVivo software. Results: Twenty healthcare staff participated in the interviews were medical officers (n=6), medical assistants (n=8), staff nurses (n=4), and community nurses (n=2) with a mean age of 33.7±6.3 years. Twenty-one elderly patients were involved in non-participant observations. The four themes that emerged as barriers and opportunities were: time, patient factors, organisation factors and nutrition screening knowledge. Time constituted the main barrier, whilst incorporating a validated nutrition screening tool into current health screening practices was identified as the most practical approach to performing nutrition screening. Staff also highlighted the need for appropriate guidelines for implementing nutrition screening. Conclusion: This study identified appropriate approaches to implementing nutrition screening among elderly patients in health clinics. Developing a comprehensive nutrition screening guideline may facilitate healthcare staff in performing nutrition screening.
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author	Sheikh Hishamuddin, Siti Nur Amirah Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Harith, Sakinah Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abd Aziz, Karimah Hanim A Rashid, Nurul Syaireen
author_facet	Sheikh Hishamuddin, Siti Nur Amirah Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Harith, Sakinah Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abd Aziz, Karimah Hanim A Rashid, Nurul Syaireen
author_sort	Sheikh Hishamuddin, Siti Nur Amirah
title	Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study
title_short	Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study
title_full	Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study
title_fullStr	Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed	Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study
title_sort	barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in kuantan, pahang: a qualitative study
publisher	Fakulti Perubatan dan Sains Kesihatan Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2021
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/1/93424_Barriers%20and%20opportunities%20of%20nutrition%20screening%20in%20elderly.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/2/93424_Barriers%20and%20opportunities%20of%20nutrition%20screening%20in%20elderly_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/93424/ https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2021100809382704_MJMHS_0833.pdf
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Barriers and opportunities of nutrition screening in elderly patients in health clinic settings in Kuantan, Pahang: a qualitative study

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