A qualitative exploration of factors influencing medical staffs' decision-making around nutrition prescription after colorectal surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guidelines recommend early oral feeding with nutritionally adequate diets after surgery. However, studies have demonstrated variations in practice and poor adherence to these recommendations among patients who have undergone colorectal surgery. Given doctors are responsible for prescribing patients' diets after surgery, this study explored factors which influenced medical staffs' decision-making regarding postoperative nutrition prescription to identify potential behaviour change interventions.

Methods

This qualitative study involved one-on-one, semi-structured interviews with medical staff involved in prescribing nutrition for patients following colorectal surgery across two tertiary teaching hospitals. Purposive sampling wa

SUBMITTER: Rattray M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425714 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature