Importance, performance frequency, and predicted future importance of dietitians' jobs by practicing dietitians in Korea: a survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to explore the perceptions held by practicing dietitians of the importance of their tasks performed in current work environments, the frequency at which those tasks are performed, and predictions about the importance of those tasks in future work environments.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional survey study. An online survey was administered to 350 practicing dietitians. They were asked to assess the importance, performance frequency, and predicted changes in the importance of 27 tasks using a 5-point scale. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and the means of the variables were compared across categorized work environments using analysis of variance.

Results

The importance scores of all surveyed tasks were higher than 3.0, except for the

SUBMITTER: Sohn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894033 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature