Feasibility of a targeted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health services: The NutriMental screener.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of mental health clinicians using a multifaceted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health settings.

Methods

A mixed-methods cross-sectional design was used. Mental health clinicians implemented the multifaceted NutriMental screener at seven sites across Australia and provided feedback via a standardised form. Primary outcomes were the feasibility, acceptability and appropriateness domains of the feedback questionnaire. Additional outcomes included association/agreement between the consumer's desire for dietetic support, clinicians' impression of need for dietetic support, and total nutrition risks reported. Directed content analysis was employed to analyse open-ended sections of the clinician fe

SUBMITTER: Teasdale SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12401811 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature