A national survey of attitudes and practices of primary-care physicians relating to nutrition: strategies for enhancing the use of clinical nutrition in medical practice.
Am J Clin Nutr
; 57(2): 115-9, 1993 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
A nationwide mail survey was used to determine the degree to which primary-care physicians indicated that they practice the "core competencies" in clinical nutrition identified by Young et al (Am J Clin Nutr 1983;38800-10). We also surveyed the nutrition-related attitudes of these physicians. Although the 3416 physicians who responded to the survey tended to report favorable attitudes toward using nutrition in their practice, these favorable attitudes were not consistent with their own reports of clinical performance. Neither the positive- or negative-attitude score correlated highly with the reported behavior-practice score. The clinical practices reported by those surveyed are well below the minimum level defined by the Young et al essential core competencies in clinical nutrition. The attitudes, practices, and demographic characteristics associated with the clinical performance variables suggest educational strategies for improving the competence of primary-care physicians and medical students in clinical nutrition.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Padrões de Prática Médica
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Ciências da Nutrição
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Clin Nutr
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article