Dietetic care of hip fracture patients across Australia: Are we doing enough?
Abstract
Aim: To determine the composition of usual nutrition care provided by Australian dietitians to patients with a falls related femoral neck fracture. Methods: A cross-sectional survey administered via the World Wide Web using Survey Monkey to dietitians across Australia. Results: One hundred and sixty eight dietitians working with patients with a femoral neck fracture in Australia responded to the survey. Few dietitians (n=7) indicated they worked in the community setting. Nutritional screening was used among respondents (n=93), but 32/93 indicated they did not use a validated tool. Most commonly used interventions included strategies to increase intake of nutrients, such as provision of nourishing meals, snacks, and oral supplements. Conclusions: Some concerns remain regarding provision of optimal nutritional care of femoral neck fracture patients in Australia. There were few respondents working
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Author version made available in accordance with the publisher's policy. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Milte R and Miller M, 2011 ‘Dietetic care of hip fracture patients across Australia: Are we doing enough?’ Nutrition and Dietetics, 68 (3), 214-220., which has been published in final form at doi:10.1111/j.1747-0080.2011.01538.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.