Brys Mélissa, Coppieters Yves, De Breucker Sandra
Centre de recherche en politiques et systèmes de santé, Ecole de santé publique, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgique.
Service de gériatrie, Hôpital Erasme, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgique.
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil. 2014 Dec;12(4):387-93. doi: 10.1684/pnv.2014.0504.
The prevalence of malnutrition in nursing homes varies between 50% and 90% in Belgium. There are multiple causes of malnutrition and one of the consequences is the impact on the workload of nursing home staff. The purpose of this study is to better understand the knowledge and the practices of the nursing home staff who would influence the nutritional status of elderly in nursing homes. This study is divided into a quantitative approach with a self-administered questionnaire and a qualitative approach by non-participant observation. We observed that 29% of nursing home staff have good knowledge about the malnutrition and that 64% have good practices in providing nutrition to the elderly. People with good knowledge tend to have better practices. 38% of the nursing home staff engage in continued professional development in the field. There is no systematic screening, nutritional assessment and nutritional intervention in nursing homes. It is of great importance to ensure nursing home staff are aware of this problem through training.
在比利时，养老院中营养不良的发生率在50%至90%之间。营养不良有多种原因，其后果之一是对养老院工作人员工作量的影响。本研究的目的是更好地了解养老院工作人员的知识和做法，这些知识和做法会影响养老院中老年人的营养状况。本研究分为采用自填式问卷的定量方法和通过非参与观察的定性方法。我们观察到，29%的养老院工作人员对营养不良有充分的了解，64%的工作人员在为老年人提供营养方面有良好的做法。知识丰富的人往往做法更好。38%的养老院工作人员参与该领域的持续专业发展。养老院没有系统的筛查、营养评估和营养干预。通过培训确保养老院工作人员意识到这个问题非常重要。
