Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association (대한영양사협회학술지)

The Korean Dietetic Association (대한영양사협회)
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The Medical Staffs' Perception about Nutrition Care

의료진의 병원영양관리에 대한 인식조사

  • Ryu, Eun-Sun (Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Kosin University) ;
  • Lee, Song-Mi (Dept. of Food & Nutrition. Sangj Junior College) ;
  • Eom, Yeong-Ram (Dietetic department Youngdong Severance Hospital Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 류은순 (고신대학교 자연과학부 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이송미 (상지병설전문대학 식품영양학과) ;
  • 엄영람 (영동세브란스병원 영양과)
  • Published : 1998.02.14
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Abstract

This study was undertaken to identify medical staffs’ perception about nutrition care and dietitian's role in hospitals. Questionnaires were sent to 874 medical staffs at 50 general hospials size over 100 beds, located in Seoul and Pusan, A total of 649(74.3%) of medical staffs returned questionnaries from 47 general hospitals. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. 1. 89.6% of medical staffs responded that they required the help of the dietitian when the patients needed the nutrition acre and also most of them(87.0%) held positive perceptions about the necessity of the nutrition support team. 2. When the medical staffs prescribed the special diet of the patients' nutrition care, 90.0% of them preferred that diet would be order after consulting with dietitian. 3. Half of the medical staffs(52.1%) responded that they were scarced of the knowledge about the clinical nutrition and then 66.4% of them recognized the need of nutrition education at the medical school. 4. The medical staffs responded that dietitian must have the knowledge about food, nutrition and medical science(52.5%) and the competence of discussion with medical staffs about nutrition the patients(30.8%).

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