ABSTRACT
Objective@#To explore the experience of nutritional care provided by the main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatients.@*Methods@#Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted on 15 main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatient by the purposive sampling method. Data was analyzed by Colaizzi content analysis.@*Results@#Seven themes were identified, including multiple troubles in nutritional care, lack of awareness of the relationship between nutrition and pressure injury, poor knowledge of nutritional care, unreliable ways to obtain the knowledge, poor attitude towards nutritional care, poor nutritional care behaviors, and differences in nutritional care needs.@*Conclusion@#Health care providers should value the evaluation of patients' eating ability and behavior, provide more learning approaches, change their attitude, improve the nutritional care behavior, and, if necessary, cooperate with nutritionists to provide targeted nutrition education, and establish effective family and social support systems.
ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the experience of nutritional care provided by the main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatients. Methods Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted on 15 main caregivers of elderly patients with pressure injury in outpatient by the purposive sampling method. Data was analyzed by Colaizzi content analysis. Results Seven themes were identified, including multiple troubles in nutritional care, lack of awareness of the relationship between nutrition and pressure injury, poor knowledge of nutritional care, unreliable ways to obtain the knowledge, poor attitude towards nutritional care, poor nutritional care behaviors, and differences in nutritional care needs. Conclusion Health care providers should value the evaluation of patients'eating ability and behavior, provide more learning approaches, change their attitude, improve the nutritional care behavior, and, if necessary, cooperate with nutritionists to provide targeted nutrition education, and establish effective family and social support systems.