Research Article
Providing Nutrition Care to Patients with Chronic Disease: An Irish Teaching Hospital Healthcare Professional Study
Table 1
Participant characteristics (n=196).
| Category | Subcategory | Frequency | Percentage |
| Profession | GP/GP trainee | 15 | 7.7 | | Doctor/med student | 61 | 31.1 | | Nurse/nurse student | 106 | 54.1 | | Allied health | 14 | 7.1 |
| Gender | Male | 58 | 29 | | Female | 142 | 71 |
| Age | ≤24 years | 17 | 8.7 | | 25-34 years | 68 | 34.7 | | 35-44 years | 66 | 33.7 | | 45-54 years | 37 | 18.9 | | 55+ | 8 | 4.1 |
| Current job duration (years) | Mean ±SD = 12.1 ± 9.2 | Range <1 year to 38 years | |
| Previous nutrition education (n=186) | Completion of a programme that did not contain any nutrition content | 39 | 21 | | Completion of a programme that contained some nutrition content | 145 | 78 | | Completion of a programme that was predominantly focused on nutrition | 2 | 1 |
| Previous engagement in continuing education on the topic of nutrition | yes | 54 | 27.6 | no | 142 | 72.4 |
| Need of further | Strongly disagree | 17 | 8.6 | nutrition education | Disagree | 6 | 3 | | Neither agree nor disagree | 20 | 10.2 | | Agree | 101 | 51.3 | | Strongly agree | 53 | 26.9 |
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Allied health professionals are comprised of pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and healthcare assistants. |