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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Delegation Opportunities for Malnutrition Care Activities to Dietitian Assistants-Findings of a Multi-Site Survey.

Alita Rushton, Adrienne Young, Heather Keller, Judith Bauer, Jack Bell

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Addressing Malnutrition in Australian Hospitals: A Scoping Review to Inform Systems Thinking.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026
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  4. Harnessing delegation and technology to identify and manage malnutrition in a digital hospital: An implementation study.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alita RushtonDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, QLD 4032, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4133-0754
Adrienne YoungSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4498-4342
Heather KellerSchlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7782-8103
Judith BauerSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3830-5147
Jack BellDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, QLD 4032, Australia.
The University of Queensland · AUPrince Charles Hospital · AUUniversity of Waterloo · CA

Funding

Allied Health Professions Office of Queensland (AHPOQ) AHPOQ project continuation grant 2018-2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately one-third of adult inpatients are malnourished with substantial associated healthcare burden. Delegation frameworks facilitate improved nutrition care delivery and high-value healthcare. This study aimed to explore knowledge, attitudes, and practices of dietitians and dietitian assistants regarding delegation of malnutrition care activities. This multi-site study was nested within a nutrition care implementation program, conducted across Queensland (Australia) hospitals. A quantitative questionnaire was conducted across eight sites; 87 dietitians and 37 dietitian assistants responded and descriptive analyses completed. Dietitians felt guidelines to support delegation were inadequate (agreement: <50% for assessment/diagnosis, care coordination, education, and monitoring and evaluation); dietitian assistants perceived knowledge and guidelines to undertake delegated tasks were adequate (agreement: >50% food and nutrient delivery, education, and monitoring and evaluation). Dietitians and dietitian assistants reported confidence to delegate/receive delegation (dietitian agreement: >50% across all care components; dietitian assistant agreement: >50% for assessment/diagnosis, food and nutrient delivery, education, monitoring and evaluation). Practice of select nutrition care activities were routinely performed by dietitians, rather than assistants (

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PMID33920280
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