#147 - NUTRITION CARE PROCESS: A SURVEY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND PERCEPTIONS ON ENABLERS AND BARRIES AMONG DIETITIANS IN PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS. Louisa Low Sin Yee1, Foo Li Lynn1, Jamilah Binti Abd Jamil1, Winnie Chee Siew Swee1, Shanthi Dhandapani1, L.Mageswari A/P Lapchmanan2 Teong Lee Fang2.

NUTRITION CARE PROCESS: A SURVEY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND PERCEPTIONS ON ENABLERS AND BARRIES AMONG DIETITIANS IN PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.
Louisa Low Sin Yee1, Foo Li Lynn1, Jamilah Binti Abd Jamil1, Winnie Chee Siew Swee1, Shanthi Dhandapani1, L.Mageswari A/P Lapchmanan2 Teong Lee Fang2.
1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Medical University Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur; 2Department of Dietetics and Food Service, Hospital Selayang, Selangor.

ABSTRACT

Background: A cross sectional study was conducted among dietitians in private and government hospitals and clinics through online survey questionnaire to compare the status of Nutrition Care Process (NCP) implementation and perceptions of the dietitians on the implementation of NCP including enablers and challenges in private and government hospital and clinics in Malaysia.
Results: Based on this study, 84% (n=82) of the dietitians from private sectors and 94.1% (n=68) from government sectors had implemented NCP into their practice. More dietitians from the  government sector has fully implemented NCP (61.8% fully implemented) and more government dietitians have attended NCP workshops (67.6%)  compared to private sector (46.3% fully implemented and 48.8% attended NCP workshops). In both private and government sectors, the factors influencing NCP implementation such as age, years of working experience and training opportunities had shown no significant association with NCP implementation. However, total  years after graduation has a significant association with NCP implementation only in private sector. Major concerns reported by dietitians from both sectors were “time consuming” and “may write the wrong nutrition diagnosis”.  The main enablers to NCP implementation were that NCP was perceived to benefit them for its standardised language and provides a consistent structure and framework for nutrition care. 
Conclusion: NCP is well implemented in Malaysia and dietitians are positive to its implementation. However, there is still a need for continuous training and education on NCP to improve the confidence level of dietitians in implementing NCP.
Key words: Nutrition Care Process, Dietitians, Perceptions, Enablers, Barriers
Number of words: 240 words (exclude title, author’s name, affiliation & keywords)