Publication: [COVID pandemic and clinical nutrition response in Spain: results of a national survey].
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2021
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Martín Folgueras, Tomás
Benítez Brito, Néstor
Vidal Casariego, Alfonso
Luengo Pérez, Luis Miguel
Irles Rocamora, José Antonio
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Introduction: the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has forced major organizational and care changes in the health system. However, in Spain, the circumstances suffered by the health professionals who have cared for pandemic patients from a clinical nutrition standpoint has remained unknown up to this moment. Objectives: the management and care changes made in clinical nutrition units in Spain, and their impact on clinical practice are described. Material and methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out using a survey directed at SENPE members (June 2020). Responses sent by health professionals in the field of clinical nutrition who had treated patients with COVID-19 in Spanish hospitals were included in the study. Resultados: a total of 116 survey forms were analyzed, mostly filled out by doctors (57.8 %) working at hospitals with more than 500 beds (56 %); 46 % of survey respondents were on telework. There was a nutritional care plan in 68 % of cases, such plan being present mainly in hospitals with more than 500 beds (p
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COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Hospital Units
Humans
Nutrition Surveys
Nutrition Therapy
Spain
Cross-Sectional Studies
Hospital Units
Humans
Nutrition Surveys
Nutrition Therapy
Spain
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SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19. Nutrición clínica. Gestión clínica. Encuesta. Personal de Salud.