Table
1: The
questionnaire.
Item |
M |
SD |
Section 1:
Nurses’ evaluation of the importance of nutritional assessment (1 to 4 scale) |
||
An initial nutritional assessment
is important in patient care |
3.67 |
0.60 |
Monitoring a patient's nutritional
status is a basic component of nursing care |
3.46 |
0.67 |
The nurse is responsible for
notifying the attending physician if a patient does not eat a served meal |
3.63 |
0.66 |
It is important to weigh patients
upon admission |
3.51 |
0.68 |
It is important to repeat the
nutritional assessment every week of hospitalization |
3.31 |
0.71 |
Nutritional assessment and
monitoring by the nurses improve a patient's recovery |
3.32 |
0.70 |
Nursing care has a significant
impact on patients' nutritional status |
3.08 |
0.78 |
*Likert scale: 1. Strongly disagree, 2.
Disagree, 3. Agree, 4. Strongly agree
M-
mean, SD- standard deviation
Item |
M |
SD |
Section 2: Nurses’ knowledge about nutrition care (1
to 4 scale) |
||
Nurses
should focus on the patient's primary diagnosis rather than on nutritional
aspects |
2.28 |
0.91 |
A
patient who refuses to eat should not be forced to do so |
1.80 |
0.85 |
The
main reason patients don't eat hospital food is its appearance and taste |
2.23 |
0.89 |
Nutritional
support should commence only once medical treatment has been completed |
1.74 |
0.80 |
Nutritional
support is resource-consuming and not a cost-effective investment |
1.63 |
0.79 |
Dieticians,
rather than the nursing staff, are responsible for nutritional support |
1.76 |
0.83 |
Parenteral
nutrition should be avoided due to its complications |
2.99 |
0.86 |
Obese
patients (BMI > 30) are not at risk of malnutrition and should be fed
sparingly |
3.34 |
0.77 |
A
patient eating a meal should not be disturbed, even for medical treatment |
2.56 |
0.89 |
Overweight
patients with cancer will inevitably lose weight and need not be referred to
a dietician |
3.55 |
0.71 |
*Likert
scale: 1. Strongly disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Agree, 4. Strongly agree
M-
mean, SD- standard deviation
Item |
M |
SD |
Section 3: Nurses’ evaluation of the quality of
nutritional care in nurses’ward (1 to 5 scale) |
||
Patients
receive complete nutritional care |
4.07 |
0.80 |
Our
nursing staff monitors patients’ nutritional status |
3.77 |
0.86 |
The
nutritional assessment is performed methodically and professionally |
3.74 |
0.95 |
Patients
requiring a dietician’s care receive a consultation with minimal delay |
4.26 |
0.76 |
Physicians
address nutritional aspects of patient care |
3.62 |
1.05 |
Patients
receive their meals in an appropriate manner as per regulations |
3.98 |
0.91 |
Nurses
are aware whether or not a patient has completed his meal |
3.78 |
0.89 |
information
on patients’ nutritional state is effectively transmitted among health care
staff |
3.84 |
0.95 |
I
am satisfied with the level of nutritional care in my ward |
3.81 |
0.95 |
*Likert
scale: 1. Strongly disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Agree, 4. Strongly agree
M-
mean, SD- standard deviation