Educational video intervention improves knowledge and self-efficacy in identifying malnutrition among healthcare providers in a cancer center: a pilot study

Purpose Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA, and malnutrition secondary to cancer progression and treatment side effects is common. While abundant evidence indicates that nutrition support improves patient outcomes, it is estimated that up to half of malnutrition cases are misclas...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2020-02, Vol.28 (2), p.683-689
Main Authors: Wolf, Patricia G., Manero, Joanna, Harold, Kirsten Berding, Chojnacki, Morgan, Kaczmarek, Jennifer, Liguori, Carli, Arthur, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cancer
Care and treatment
Clinical outcomes
Development and progression
Female
Health care industry
Health care reform
Health Personnel - education
Humans
Male
Malnutrition
Malnutrition - diagnosis
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - complications
Nursing
Nursing Research
Nutrition
Nutritional Status - physiology
Oncology
Oncology, Experimental
Original Article
Pain Medicine
Pilot Projects
Rehabilitation Medicine
Self-efficacy
Videotape Recording - instrumentation
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Summary:Purpose Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA, and malnutrition secondary to cancer progression and treatment side effects is common. While abundant evidence indicates that nutrition support improves patient outcomes, it is estimated that up to half of malnutrition cases are misclassified or undiagnosed. The use of a multidisciplinary team to assess nutrition status has been observed previously to reduce delays in nutritional support. Hence, educating all members of the oncology healthcare team to assess nutrition status may encourage earlier diagnosis and lead to improved patient outcomes. Thus, the objective was to perform a pilot study to assess change in knowledge and self-efficacy among oncology team members after watching an educational video about malnutrition. Methods A pre-test post-test educational video intervention was given to 77 ambulatory oncology providers during weekly staff meetings at a community ambulatory oncology center in central Illinois. Change in knowledge and self-efficacy in malnutrition assessment and diagnosis was measured and acceptability of the brief educational video format was also observed. Results Mean test scores improved by 1.95 ± 1.48 points ( p  
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-019-04850-w