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Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community: a mixed-methods synthesis

Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community: a mixed-methods synthesis
Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community: a mixed-methods synthesis
Background. Malnutrition (specifically undernutrition) in older, community-dwelling adults reduces well-being and predisposes to disease. Implementation of screen-and-treat policies could help to systematically detect and treat at-risk and malnourished patients. We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing malnutrition screen and treat policies in primary/community care, which barriers have been addressed and which facilitators have been successfully incorporated in existing interventions.

Method. A data-base search was conducted using MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, DARE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 2012 to June 2016 to identify relevant qualitative and quantitative literature from primary/community care. Studies were included if participants were older, community-dwelling adults (65+) or healthcare professionals who would screen and treat such patients. Barriers and facilitators were extracted and mapped onto intervention features to determine whether these had addressed barriers.

Results. Of a total of 2182 studies identified, 21 were included (6 qualitative, 12
quantitative and 3 mixed; 14 studies targeting patients and 7 targeting healthcare professionals). Facilitators addressing a wide range of barriers were identified, yet few interventions addressed psychosocial barriers to screen-and-treat policies for patients, such as loneliness and reluctance to be screened, or healthcare professionals’ reservations about prescribing oral nutritional supplements.

Conclusion. The studies reviewed identified several barriers and facilitators and
addressed some of these in intervention design, although a prominent gap appeared to be psychosocial barriers. No single included study addressed all barriers or made use of all facilitators, although this appears to be possible. Interventions aiming to implement screen-and-treat approaches to malnutrition in primary care should consider barriers that both patients and healthcare professionals may face.

Review registration. PROSPERO: CRD42017071398. The review protocol was
registered retrospectively

Keywords. Primary health care, general practice, malnutrition, independent living, health services for the aged, dietary supplements.
Primary health care, General practice, Malnutrition, Independent living, Health services for the aged, Dietary supplements
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Harris, Philine S., Payne, Liz, Morrison, Leanne, Green, Sue M., Ghio, Daniela, Hallett, Claire, Parsons, Emma, Aveyard, Paul, Roberts, Helen, Sutcliffe, Michelle, Robinson, Sian, Slodkowska-Barabasz, Joanna, Little, Paul, Stroud, Michael A. and Yardley, Lucy (2019) Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community: a mixed-methods synthesis. BMC Family Practice, 20 (100), 1-10. (doi:10.1186/s12875-019-0983-y).

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Abstract

Background. Malnutrition (specifically undernutrition) in older, community-dwelling adults reduces well-being and predisposes to disease. Implementation of screen-and-treat policies could help to systematically detect and treat at-risk and malnourished patients. We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing malnutrition screen and treat policies in primary/community care, which barriers have been addressed and which facilitators have been successfully incorporated in existing interventions.

Method. A data-base search was conducted using MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, DARE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 2012 to June 2016 to identify relevant qualitative and quantitative literature from primary/community care. Studies were included if participants were older, community-dwelling adults (65+) or healthcare professionals who would screen and treat such patients. Barriers and facilitators were extracted and mapped onto intervention features to determine whether these had addressed barriers.

Results. Of a total of 2182 studies identified, 21 were included (6 qualitative, 12
quantitative and 3 mixed; 14 studies targeting patients and 7 targeting healthcare professionals). Facilitators addressing a wide range of barriers were identified, yet few interventions addressed psychosocial barriers to screen-and-treat policies for patients, such as loneliness and reluctance to be screened, or healthcare professionals’ reservations about prescribing oral nutritional supplements.

Conclusion. The studies reviewed identified several barriers and facilitators and
addressed some of these in intervention design, although a prominent gap appeared to be psychosocial barriers. No single included study addressed all barriers or made use of all facilitators, although this appears to be possible. Interventions aiming to implement screen-and-treat approaches to malnutrition in primary care should consider barriers that both patients and healthcare professionals may face.

Review registration. PROSPERO: CRD42017071398. The review protocol was
registered retrospectively

Keywords. Primary health care, general practice, malnutrition, independent living, health services for the aged, dietary supplements.

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Accepted/In Press date: 18 June 2019
Published date: 15 July 2019
Keywords: Primary health care, General practice, Malnutrition, Independent living, Health services for the aged, Dietary supplements

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/432541
ISSN: 1471-2296
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ORCID for Liz Payne: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6594-5668
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ORCID for Helen Roberts: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-1880
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Author: Philine S. Harris ORCID iD
Author: Liz Payne ORCID iD
Author: Leanne Morrison ORCID iD
Author: Sue M. Green
Author: Daniela Ghio
Author: Claire Hallett
Author: Emma Parsons
Author: Paul Aveyard
Author: Helen Roberts ORCID iD
Author: Michelle Sutcliffe
Author: Sian Robinson
Author: Paul Little ORCID iD
Author: Michael A. Stroud
Author: Lucy Yardley ORCID iD

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