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Nutrición Hospitalaria
On-line version ISSN 1699-5198Print version ISSN 0212-1611
Abstract
GOIBURU B, M. E. et al. Clinical nutrition knowledge in health care members of university hospitals of Paraguay. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2006, vol.21, n.5, pp.591-595. ISSN 1699-5198.
Background: Adequate clinical nutrition care is an integral part of the complete treatment of hospitalised patients, requiring specific knowledge from the health care team. The aim of this study is to assess, in Paraguay, the health care team ability in clinical care nutrition. Materials and methods: A survey was made including 174 people of Paraguay university hospitals (29% physicians, 29% medicine graduating students, 11% pharmaceutics, 24% nurses, 7% dieticians), by answering voluntarilya multiple choice questionnaire of 20 items. Results: The median score of the 20 questions was 6 (0-15). Physicians obtained a median of 6 (2-15), graduating students 7 (2-14), pharmaceutics 7 (0-15), nurses 3 (0-11), and dieticians 9 (4-13). The dieticians obtained a significantly higher score than the other groups (p <0.005). Conclusions: The knowledge about clinical nutrition in the health care members from university hospitals is not adequate. The level of education in clinical nutrition is better in the dietician.
Keywords : Enteral Nutrition; Parenteral Nutrition; Medical Education; Nutrition.