Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge about Clinical Nutrition Implications in Health Education in Makkah Al-Mokarramah City, Saudi Arabia 2022

Abstract

Background: Clinical nutrition education is a key component of medical nutrition therapy self-management practices. Several research studies have documented the effectiveness of clinical nutrition education when delivered as a component of a comprehensive plan of care by a multidisciplinary team, and current expert consensus suggests that the primary instructors on the any team should have specialized and educational training at or beyond basic academic preparation. This consensus opinion has been used to shape policy for reimbursement of and to any disease Self- Management Education and Clinical nutrition therapy programs, although empiric evidence for the effectiveness of clinical nutrition education in a national health care system and the role of discipline of the educator. Clinical nutritional therapy should follow evidence-based practice, thus several societies regarding nutrition and critical care have developed specific Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). However, to be regarded as trustworthy the quality of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for critically ill patients and its recommendations need to be high. 

Aim of the study: To explore the knowledge of the Health care Professionals’ knowledge about clinical nutrition implications in health education in Makkah al-mokarramah City, Saudi Arabia 2022.

Methods: A cross-sectional study community based study was adopted, was conducted, in September -November 2022, among 200 healthcare Professionals, using an questionnaire was conducted Health care Professionals were contacted to participate in the  survey a list of all clinics providing clinical nutrition health education,   random sample was selected. The questionnaire tool consists of items that explore the knowledge among healthcare Professionals about clinical nutrition implications in health education.

Results: the present study shows that most of the of participant in the average were (42.0%) followed by weak were (37.0%) but high were (21.0%) while a significant relation were < P-value= 0.001 and X² 14.44 while Range (3-14 )  and Mean± SD (8.24+2.771).

Conclusion: clinical nutrition and a call for action on research focusing on explore the knowledge about clinical nutrition implications in health education, the impact of body composition assessments on targeted nutrition interventions, and consequently their ability to improve patient outcomes.