Clinical guidelines and enteral nutrition support: a survey of dietetic practice in the United Kingdom

Background: Artificial nutrition support is used in treating hospital patients and has been shown to reduce hospital stays. The NICE (National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care) guidelines are the first national consensus guidelines for dietetic practice in artificial nutrition. The aim of the cur...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2012-01, Vol.66 (1), p.130-135
Main Authors: Judges, D, Beverly, S, Rio, A, Goff, L M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Competence
Clinical Nutrition
Clinical Protocols
Critical Care - methods
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dietetics
Dietitians
Enteral feeding
Enteral nutrition
Enteral Nutrition - methods
Epidemiology
Feeding
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Food and Nutrition
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Guideline Adherence
Health Care Surveys
Hospitals
Humans
Internal Medicine
Length of Stay
Life Sciences
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Methods
Nutrition
original-article
Polls & surveys
Practice
Practice guidelines (Medicine)
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Public Health
Refeeding Syndrome - prevention & control
Surveys
Tube feeding
United Kingdom
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Summary:Background: Artificial nutrition support is used in treating hospital patients and has been shown to reduce hospital stays. The NICE (National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care) guidelines are the first national consensus guidelines for dietetic practice in artificial nutrition. The aim of the current survey was to explore the influence of local and national guidelines, and clinical experience on enteral tube feeding practices in a large cohort of UK dietitians. Methods: A cross-sectional anonymous online survey of UK registered dietitians was performed. Results: A total of 681 responses were received. In all, 85% deemed ‘clinical experience’ to be of greatest influence when initiating a tube feeding regimen; the influence of ‘clinical experience’ was significantly associated with the number of years in practice ( P =
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/ejcn.2011.153