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2022 (English)In: Patient Education and Counseling, ISSN 0738-3991, E-ISSN 1873-5134, Vol. 105, no 7, p. 2103-2109Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objective: Setting goals collaboratively with patients is a key aspect in shared decision-making (SDM) in malnutrition interventions. The aim, therefore, was to gain an understanding of clinical dietitians' reflections regarding the process of goal-setting with patients at risk of malnutrition.
Methods: Six semi-structured audio-recorded focus group discussions were held with registered dietitians (n = 29) from primary healthcare and hospitals in Sweden. Focus group transcripts were analysed thematically to find patterns in the data and identify themes.
Results: Dietitians expressed striving to explore patients' narratives, capabilities, and resources before deciding on goals. They described different strategies in counseling patients and a lack of patient participation in the goal setting. They emphasized the difficulties of setting feasible goals due to discrepancies between their clinically oriented goals and patients' personal goals.
Conclusion: Findings highlight a gap in the process of setting goals for patients at risk of malnutrition, where patients' participation was lacking. Education in SDM, and strategies and tools to support dietitians in involving patients in goal-setting, are required to bridge the gap and promote person-centeredness. Practice implications: Findings may be further used to develop tools and strategies, and design studies on the implementation of and education in SDM and goal-setting for malnutrition interventions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ElsevierElsevier BV, 2022
Keywords
At risk of malnutrition, Person-centered care, Shared decision-making, Collaborative goal-setting, Qualitative research, Dietetic counseling
National Category
Nutrition and Dietetics Nursing
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-481294 (URN)10.1016/j.pec.2022.02.015 (DOI)000815980300015 ()35241324 (PubMedID)
2022-08-092022-08-092024-01-15Bibliographically approved