Using Technology to Promote Patient Engagement in Nutrition Care: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT: Empowering patients to participate in nutrition care during hospitalisation may improve their dietary intakes and associated outcomes. This study tested the acceptability and feasibility of a technology-based intervention to engage hospital patients in nutrition care at a tertiary teaching hospital in Australia. The hospital used an electronic foodservice system (EFS), by which patients ordered meals via bedside computers. Adults at nutritional risk received the nutrition technology (NUTRI-TEC) intervention, involving nutrition assessment, education on nutrition requirements and training on using the EFS to enter food intakes and monitor nutrition goals. Acceptability was assessed using patient satisfaction and engagement surveys. Feasibility was assessed by evaluating the intervention del

SUBMITTER: Roberts S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7910973 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature