Adherence to COVID-19 nutritional guidelines and their impact on the clinical outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients are at high risk of malnutrition, and their doctors are part of a multidisciplinary team, including nutritionists. However, adherence to nutritional guidelines may be difficult in the context of capacity constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to investigate barriers to doctors' adherence to nutritional guidelines and the impacts of guideline adherence on the outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Methods

A multinational electronic survey involving 51 doctors was conducted between November 2020 and January 2021 from 17 COVID-19-designated hospitals in countries with high (Indonesia) and low (Vietnam) numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Results

In general, doctors reported

SUBMITTER: Ho DKN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8450053 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature