Table 1 Guide for focus group and interview questions
From: Changing nutrition care practices in hospital: a thematic analysis of hospital staff perspectives
Focus Group/Interview Questions Guide |
1. What do you think this unit does well in terms of nutritional care? |
2. What are the major challenges to providing nutrition care in this hospital? |
3. In INPAC, we have suggested screening patients at admission by asking them 2 questions about weight change and food intake. What would help to make this change? What might prevent this change? |
4. We want all patients to receive standard care, such as having packages opened, being set up to eat and ensuring that all patients have adequate access to food. What would help to make this change? What might prevent this change? |
5. How can food intake of a patient be monitored? What would help to make this change? What might prevent this change? |
6. For RDs – Are you familiar with SGA? Have you been trained? If SGA were to be done for all patients who are screened as at risk, what would help make this change? What might prevent this change? |
7. If there was one thing you could change about the way food and nutrition care is provided on this unit, what would it be? |
8. When you have made changes to improve care practices in the past, what worked well? What didn’t? Why? |