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KMID : 1031020130190010044
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Quality Improvement in Health Care
2013 Volume.19 No. 1 p.44 ~ p.52
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The effect of interventions in implementation of nutrition therapy for malnourished inpatients
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Bae Eun-Joo
Park So-Hee
Kim Jung-Eun
Shim Jin-Joo
Lee Yun-Jung
Kim Ji-Yoon
Jang Young-Eun
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Abstract
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Objectives: Several studies on hospital malnutrition have reported that malnutrition among patients is highly prevalent and that more than 40% of hospitalized patients have nutritional risk factors. The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of physicians’ prescribed nutrition therapy before and after a protocol on nutrition therapy for malnourished inpatients was instituted.
Methods: Data regarding the rates of physician implementation of nutritional therapy and the duration of therapy were collected and analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results: The percentages of physicians who prescribed nutrition therapy before and after the protocol was initiated were 47.5% and 74.6%, respectively, which statistically significant with 95% confidence. The rates of therapy lasting less than 24 hours before and after the protocol was in place were 100% and 86.4%, respectively, which was not statistically significant. This result suggests that the improvement activity was not effective.
Conclusion : The percentage of physicians who prescribed nutritional therapy based on improved nutritional program was significantly increased. Nutrition therapy for malnourished inpatients can be advanced through this new model.
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KEYWORD
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Malnourished inpatients, Nutrition therapy, Nutritional risk factor
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