ArticleJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2021
Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.
Article in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions Provided by Dietitians for Adult Overweight and Obesity Management: An Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence-Based Practice Guideline.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Guideline
- The roles of the dietitian in an 18-week telephone and mobile application nutrition intervention for upper gastrointestinal cancer: a qualitative analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
- Dietitian reflections on video consultations: a descriptive qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Dietitians as System Builders: Advancing Equity, Sustainability and Health in Community Nutrition and Primary Care.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Telehealth during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from licensed dietitians in an emerging economy.PloS one · 2026Article
- Bridging Distance, Delivering Care: Pediatric Tele-Nutrition in the Digital Health Era-A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Usage of Telehealth and Telenutrition Services by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists: Cross-Sectional Study.Online journal of public health informatics · 2025Article
- The Association Between Personal, Relational, Organizational and National Resilience Resources and Dietitians' Well-Being During Protracted Conflict: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Use and Perception of Video Consultations Among Swedish Dietitians Before and After COVID-19 Onset.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- A comparative analysis of outpatient nutrition clinic scheduling outcomes based on in-person and telehealth patient care delivery modalities.Healthcare analytics (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Barriers to Video Call-Based Telehealth in Allied Health Professions and Nursing: Scoping Review and Mapping Process.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Exploring virtual care clinical experience from non-physician healthcare providers (VCAPE).SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Article
- Adherence to Online Nutritional Monitoring Was Associated with Better Food Habits in People with T1DM during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Telenutrition for the management of inflammatory bowel disease: Benefits, limits, and future perspectives.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
- Telenutrition: Changes in Professional Practice and in the Nutritional Assessments of Italian Dietitian Nutritionists in the COVID-19 Era.Nutrients · 2022Article
- A Study of United States Registered Dietitian Nutritionists during COVID-19: From Impact to Adaptation.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Changes in US Dialysis Dietitian Responsibilities and Patient Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation · 2022Article
- Assessment of communication skills using telehealth: considerations for educators.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Practices and resilience of dieticians during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey in the United Arab Emirates.Human resources for health · 2021Article
- Nutrition and physical activity interventions for the general population with and without cardiometabolic risk: a scoping review.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care practices have shifted to minimize virus transmission, with unprecedented expansion of telehealth. This study describes self-reported changes in registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) practice related to delivery of nutrition care via telehealth shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. This cross-sectional, anonymous online survey was administered from mid-April to mid-May 2020 to RDNs in the United States providing face-to-face nutrition care prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This survey included 54 questions about practitioner demographics and experience and current practices providing nutrition care via telehealth, including billing procedures, and was completed by 2016 RDNs with a median (interquartile range) of 15 (6-27) years of experience in dietetics practice. Although 37% of respondents reported that they provided nutrition care via telehealth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, this proportion was 78% at the time of the survey. Respondents reported spending a median (interquartile range) of 30 (20-45) minutes in direct contact with the individual/group per telehealth session. The most frequently reported barriers to delivering nutrition care via telehealth were lack of client interest (29%) and Internet access (26%) and inability to conduct or evaluate typical nutrition assessment or monitoring/evaluation activities (28%). Frequently reported benefits included promoting compliance with social distancing (66%) and scheduling flexibility (50%). About half of RDNs or their employers sometimes or always bill for telehealth services, and of those, 61% are sometimes or always reimbursed. Based on RDN needs, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics continues to advocate and provide resources for providing effective telehealth and receiving reimbursement via appropriate coding and billing. Moving forward, it will be important for RDNs to participate fully in health care delivered by telehealth and telehealth research both during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.