TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthy diet in primary care
T2 - Views of general practitioners and nurses from Europe
AU - Piñeiro, Rosa
AU - Brotons, Carlos
AU - Bulc, Mateja
AU - Ciurana, Ramon
AU - Drenthen, Ton
AU - Durrer, Domenique
AU - Godycki-Cwirko, Maciek
AU - Görpelioglu, Süleyman
AU - Kloppe, Pilar
AU - Lionis, Christos
AU - Mancini, Maxime
AU - Martins, Carlos
AU - Mierzecki, Artur
AU - Pichler, Ingrid
AU - Pullerits, Liivia
AU - Sammut, Mario R.
AU - Sghedoni, Donatella
AU - Sheehan, Mary
AU - Thireos, Eleftherios A.
AU - Tataradze, Revaz
AU - Jurgova, Eva
AU - Frolova, Elena V.
AU - Keinanen-Kiukkanniemi, Sirkka
AU - Vucak, Jasna
AU - Björkelund, Cecilia
AU - Tabenkin, Hava
AU - Kitai, Eleizzer
AU - Radzeviciene, Ruta
AU - Ungan, Mehmet
AU - Govaerts, Frans
AU - Pas, Leo
AU - Franck, André
AU - Markou, Valia
AU - Sanchez, Antonia
AU - Ruiz, Maria
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank all the general practitioners and nurses for their time spent in reading the guide on healthy diet and answering the questionnaire. We also thank the support of Spanish Program of Prevention and Health Promotion of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine, and the support of the Public Health Division of the Catalan Department of Health. There are no conflicts of interest.
PY - 2005/8/1
Y1 - 2005/8/1
N2 - Background: Most of the national colleges of general practitioners (GPs) do not have their own dietary/nutritional tools, and GPs and nurses do not have the time, knowledge, or skills to advise their patients about desirable dietary practices. Objective: To assess the usefulness of a simple and practical guide on healthy diet to be used by European GPs and nurses. Design: A postal survey was mailed to 171 GPs and nurses from 12 European countries to obtain information about the usefulness of a guide on healthy diet developed by EUROPREV. Results: The perception of health professionals is that the main source of information on healthy diet for the population was the media. In all, 95% of GPs and nurses reported that the guide was useful; 93, 95, and 82% reported that the concepts were concise, easy to understand, and realistic, respectively. Also, 77% reported that the type of counselling recommended was feasible and could be applied, 94% reported that the implementation measures proposed could be effective and 88% reported that the Traditional Mediterranean Diet Pyramid is useful, but some concerns about the content were mentioned. Conclusions: GPs and nurses from Europe think that a practical guide on healthy diet developed by EUROPREV could be used to advise patients in primary care, although the Traditional Mediterranean Diet Pyramid should be modified.
AB - Background: Most of the national colleges of general practitioners (GPs) do not have their own dietary/nutritional tools, and GPs and nurses do not have the time, knowledge, or skills to advise their patients about desirable dietary practices. Objective: To assess the usefulness of a simple and practical guide on healthy diet to be used by European GPs and nurses. Design: A postal survey was mailed to 171 GPs and nurses from 12 European countries to obtain information about the usefulness of a guide on healthy diet developed by EUROPREV. Results: The perception of health professionals is that the main source of information on healthy diet for the population was the media. In all, 95% of GPs and nurses reported that the guide was useful; 93, 95, and 82% reported that the concepts were concise, easy to understand, and realistic, respectively. Also, 77% reported that the type of counselling recommended was feasible and could be applied, 94% reported that the implementation measures proposed could be effective and 88% reported that the Traditional Mediterranean Diet Pyramid is useful, but some concerns about the content were mentioned. Conclusions: GPs and nurses from Europe think that a practical guide on healthy diet developed by EUROPREV could be used to advise patients in primary care, although the Traditional Mediterranean Diet Pyramid should be modified.
KW - Europe
KW - General practitioners
KW - Healthy diet
KW - Nurses
KW - Primary care
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/23944494620
U2 - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602177
DO - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602177
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23944494620
SN - 0954-3007
VL - 59
SP - S77-S80
JO - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -