| Autor: |
Khlood Bookari, Jamila Arrish, Majid M. Alkhalaf, Mudi H. Alharbi, Sara Zaher, Hawazin M. Alotaibi, Reema Tayyem, Narmeen Al-Awwad, Radwan Qasrawi, Sabika Allehdan, Haleama Al Sabbah, Sana AlMajed, Eiman Al Hinai, Iman Kamel, Jalila El Ati, Ziad Harb, The Arabic Dietitians practices (ADP) survey Group, Maha Hoteit |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2296-2565 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpubh.2023.1151648 |
| Popis: |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most healthcare professionals switched from face-to-face clinical encounters to telehealth. This study sought to investigate the dietitians’ perceptions and practices toward the use of social/mass media platforms amid the transition from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study involving a convenient sample of 2,542 dietitians (mean age = 31.7 ± 9.5; females: 88.2%) was launched in 10 Arab countries between November 2020 and January 2021. Data were collected using an online self-administrated questionnaire. Study findings showed that dietitians’ reliance on telenutrition increased by 11% during the pandemic, p = 0.001. Furthermore, 63.0% of them reported adopting telenutrition to cover consultation activities. Instagram was the platform that was most frequently used by 51.7% of dietitians. Dietitians shouldered new difficulties in dispelling nutrition myths during the pandemic (58.2% reported doing so vs. 51.4% pre-pandemic, p |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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