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Healthcare professionals’ experiences of providing individualized nutritional care for Older People in hospital and home care: a qualitative study

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Recent studies indicate inadequate nutritional care practices in healthcare institutions and identify several barriers to perform individualized nutritional care to older persons.
Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Marianne Molin, Jonas Debesay, Astrid Bergland, Asta Bye   +4 more
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'Prevent undernutrition and prescribe oral nutritional supplements correctly': an educational intervention for district nurses

, 2019
AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate district nurses' (DN) perceived nutritional care and actual level of knowledge about nutritional care before and after a continuing educational intervention.
Södergren, M,, Törnkvist, L,, Berggren, E,, Samuelsson, L   +3 more
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Engagement Patterns With an Artificial Intelligence Health Coach for Systemic Sclerosis Self‐Management: A Mixed Methods Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate utility of an artificial intelligence (AI) health coach for systemic sclerosis (SSc) self‐management and identify patterns associated with participant engagement. Methods We conducted a mixed methods study in which an AI health coach, powered by a large language model (LLM), was used to support self‐management for SSc.
Nirali Shah, Melanie Morris, Cristina Daraban, Sophia Johnson, Susan L. Murphy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sea Lions Develop Human-like Vernix Caseosa Delivering Branched Fats and Squalene to the GI Tract

Scientific Reports, 2018
Vernix caseosa, the white waxy coating found on newborn human skin, is thought to be a uniquely human substance. Its signature characteristic is exceptional richness in saturated branched chain fatty acids (BCFA) and squalene.
Dong Hao Wang, Rinat Ran-Ressler, Judy St Leger, Erika Nilson, Lauren Palmer, Richard Collins, J. Thomas Brenna   +6 more
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Nutritional self-care in two older Norwegian males: a case study

, 2013
Solveig T Tomstad,1,2 Ulrika Söderhamn,2 Geir Arild Espnes,1,3 Olle Söderhamn21Department of Social Work and Health Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim ...
Tomstad ST, Söderhamn U, Söderhamn O, Espnes GA   +3 more
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Understanding the Burden of Orofacial Involvement and Patient Treatment Preferences in Systemic Sclerosis: Results From a Large International Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Orofacial manifestations are significantly impactful in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) yet remain understudied, with no dedicated clinical guidelines to inform their management. Methods An international online survey comprised38 questions addressing orofacial manifestations of SSc, including patients’ confidence in their treating ...
Eleni Deligianni, Lee Shapiro, Deana Gibbs, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Michael Hughes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between dietary protein intake and serum essential free amino acid concentrations in Japanese pregnant women: an observational study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Insufficient protein intake decreases serum free amino acid (FAA) concentrations and worse whole-body nutritional status, leading to poor pregnancy outcomes.
Takuya Shibasaki, Hirohiko Nakamura, Takuya Kamimura, Fuka Tabata, Satomi Kawakami, Mayumi Inubashiri, Masayoshi Hosaka, Kiwamu Noshiro, Takeshi Umazume, Kazuhiro Miyaji   +9 more
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Longitudinal Changes in Adiposity After a Youth Sport‐Related Knee Injury: Informing Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Prevention

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Youth who experience a sport‐related knee injury have elevated odds of becoming overweight or developing obesity in 3 to 10 years, compounding their risk for posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). To inform prevention strategies, this study compared patterns of adiposity change between youth with a sport‐related knee injury and uninjured youth ...
Justin M. Losciale, Nuria E. J. Jansen, Christina Y. Le, Leo Lu, Hui Xie, Marienke van Middelkoop, Jackie L. Whittaker   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional care of medical inpatients: a health technology assessment

BMC Health Services Research, 2006
Background The inspiration for the present assessment of the nutritional care of medical patients is puzzlement about the divide that exists between the theoretical knowledge about the importance of the diet for ill persons, and the common failure to ...
Kruse Filip, Grinderslev Edvin, Olsen Jens, Lassen Karin O, Bjerrum Merete   +4 more
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ONCA Conference 2015Feed-back: Key examples

, 2016
Feed-back of the optimal nutritional care for all (ONCA) conference in Berlin: examples of Israël and the Nederlands Presentation realised for the creation of the ONCA Belgian Alliance in the SPF ...
Anzevui, Aude, Belgian Alliance "ONCA", optimal nutritional care for all   +1 more
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