目的:营养师经常使用营养教育工具来促进饮食咨询。然而,这些工具可能需要适应技术进步。这项研究有两个目的:首先,为了确定目前使用的营养教育工具的类型,找出它们的局限性,并探讨营养师对这些工具重要性的看法;第二,调查营养师喜欢的数字营养教育工具的特点。
方法:对来自选定公立医院的15名营养师进行了半结构化的面对面访谈,初级保健诊所,和教学医院在马来西亚。使用NVivo版本12软件进行反应的归纳主题分析。
结果:大多数营养师使用体育教育工具,包括健康板模型,小册子,食物模型,和活动挂图。这些工具被认为是重要的,因为它们有助于营养评估过程,提供营养干预,并且时间高效。然而,营养学家将当前的教育工具描述为非个人化,过时,由于资金限制,可用性有限,不方便,很难想象。或者,他们强烈支持提供即时反馈的数字教育工具,利用自动化系统,包括一个当地的食物数据库,用户友好,由该领域的专家开发,并无缝集成到医疗保健系统中。
结论:目前,尽管营养师偏爱数字教育工具,尽管人们认为这些工具已经过时,但由于其可用性,他们严重依赖体育营养教育工具,非个人,和不便。过渡到数字饮食教育工具可能会解决这些问题。
OBJECTIVE: Dietitians frequently use nutrition education tools to facilitate dietary counselling sessions. Nevertheless, these tools may require adaptation to keep pace with technological advancements. This study had a 2-fold purpose: first, to identify the types of nutrition education tools currently in use, identify their limitations, and explore dietitians\' perspectives on the importance of these tools; second, to investigate the features that
dietitians prefer in digital nutrition education tools.
METHODS: A semi-structured face-to-face interview was conducted among 15
dietitians from selected public hospitals, primary care clinics, and teaching hospitals in Malaysia. Inductive thematic analysis of the responses was conducted using NVivo version 12 software.
RESULTS: Most
dietitians used physical education tools including the healthy plate model, pamphlets, food models, and flip charts. These tools were perceived as important as they facilitate the nutrition assessment process, deliver nutrition intervention, and are time efficient. However, dietitians described the current educational tools as impersonal, outdated, limited in availability due to financial constraints, unhandy, and difficult to visualise. Alternatively, they strongly favoured digital education tools that provided instant feedback, utilised an automated system, included a local food database, were user-friendly, developed by experts in the field, and seamlessly integrated into the healthcare system.
CONCLUSIONS: Presently, although
dietitians have a preference for digital educational tools, they heavily rely on physical nutrition education tools due to their availability despite the perception that these tools are outdated, impersonal, and inconvenient. Transitioning to digital dietary education tools could potentially address these issues.