Dutch nutrition and care professionals' experiences with undernutrition awareness, monitoring, and treatment among community-dwelling older adults: a qualitative study

BackgroundUndernutrition can negatively affect community-dwelling older adults’ health and quality of life. Undernutrition management guidelines have been developed in the Netherlands for the primary care setting, however, the application of these guidelines remain unsatisfactory. The current study therefore aims to explore qualitatively the experiences of Dutch nutrition and care professionals and researchers with undernutrition awareness, monitoring, and treatment among community-dwelling older adults.MethodsWe telephonically interviewed 22 Dutch nutrition and care professionals and research... Mehr ...