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

Table 4 Experiences and views on undernutrition monitoring responsibilities, procedures, and barriers that emerged from the interviews

	Nutrition						Care									Research
Monitoring responsibilities	DC	D1	D2	D3	D5	MSE1	EC	ICC	GS	GP1	GP2	NP	HCN1	HCN2	HCN3	R1	R2	R3
Older adults themselves											x						x	x
Informal caregiver				x		x		x
General practitioner (GP)	x	x	x	x					x							x	x	x
Home care nurse (HCN)	x			x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Nurse practitioner	x		x				x		x			x				x	x
Monitoring procedures	DC	D1	D2	D3	D5	MSE1	EC	ICC	GS	GP1	GP2	NP	HCN1	HCN2	HCN3	R1	R2	R3
Screening with questionnaire at general practice		x	x	x												x		x
Screening with questionnaire by HCN	x			x	x		x		x	x		x				x	x	x
Observation by the HCN													x	x	x
Screening with questionnaire by nurse practitioner									x			x
Monitoring barriers	DC	D1	D2	D3	D5	MSE1	EC	ICC	GS	GP1	GP2	NP	HCN1	HCN2	HCN3	R1	R2	R3
Lack of awareness older adults	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x
Lack of awareness GP	x	x	x	x					x	x	x		x			x	x	x
Lack of awareness HCN			x										x
Lack of time GP				x					x	x	x					x	x
Lack of time HCN				x	x		x		x			x	x	x	x			x
Low priority of nutrition GP	x	x								x	x					x
Low priority of nutrition HCN				x					x			x						x

Note: The interviews with D4, MSE2, MSE3, and R4 did not result in answers relevant to undernutrition monitoring responsibilities, procedures, and barriers. DC dietitians’ coordinator, D dietitian, MSE meal service employee, EC elder-issues consultant, ICC informal care consultantm, GS geriatric specialist, GP general practitioner, NP nurse practitioner, R researcher

ISSN: 2055-0928