Gita Hedin
Kristianstad University College
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Food & Nutrition Research | 2010
Albert Westergren; Gita Hedin
Background Disease-related malnutrition is a major health problem in the elderly population and management issues are under-explored. Objectives What is the prevalence of undernutrition-risk (UN-risk), underweight, and overweight in special accommodations (SAs)? Do study circles and a nutritional care policy (NCP) improve the precision in nutritional care (NC) and decrease the prevalence of under- and overweight in a short- and/or long-term perspective? Design Quasi-experimental pre- and post-intervention design with three experimental groups and one control group (CG). Setting SAs. Participants In 2005 (Time 1 – T1), 1726 (90.4%) residents agreed to participate; in 2007 (Time 2 – T2), 1,526 (81.8%); and in 2009 (Time 3 – T3), 1,459 (81.3%) residents participated. Interventions Experimental groups: between T1 and T2 the first period of study circles was conducted in one municipality; between T2 and T3 a second period of study circles in another municipality was conducted; after T1 a NCP was implemented in one municipality. CG: residents in three municipalities. Measurements Under- and overweight were defined based on BMI. Risk of undernutrition was defined as involving any of: involuntary weight loss, low BMI, and/or eating difficulties. The ‘precision in NC’ describes the relationship between nutritional treatment (protein- and energy-enriched food (PE-food) and/or oral supplements) and UN-risk. Results The prevalence of UN-risk varied between 64 and 66%, underweight between 25 and 30%, and overweight between 30 and 33% in T1–T3. At T2 the prevalence of underweight was significantly lower in the first period study circle municipality, and at T3 in the second period study circle municipality compared to in the CG. The precision in NC was higher in a short-term perspective in the study circle municipalities and both in a short- and long-term perspective in the NCP municipality. At T3 between 54 and 70% of residents at UN-risk did not receive PE-food or oral supplements. Conclusions Study circles give positive short-term effects and a NCP gives positive short- and long-term effects on NC. Whether a combination of study circles and the implementation of a NCP can give even better results is an area for future studies.
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice | 2013
Albert Westergren; Ellinor Edfors; Gita Hedin; Peter Hagell
Nurse Education in Practice | 2016
Peter Hagell; Ellinor Edfors; Gita Hedin; Albert Westergren; Catharina Sjödahl Hammarlund
Archive | 2011
Albert Westergren; Gita Hedin
NursingPlus Open | 2018
Heidi Williamson; Paolo Antonelli; Åsa Bringsén; Gareth Davies; Davide Dèttore; Diana Harcourt; Gita Hedin; Arnoldas Jurgutis; Faustas Stepukonis; Ümit Tural; Ayşe Dilara Yalçın; Martin Persson
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice | 2017
Albert Westergren; Ellinor Edfors; Erika Norberg; Anna Stubbendorff; Gita Hedin; Martin Wetterstrand; Peter Hagell
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice | 2016
Albert Westergren; Ellinor Edfors; Erika Norberg; Anna Stubbendorff; Gita Hedin; Martin Wetterstrand; Peter Hagell
Cin-computers Informatics Nursing | 2018
Albert Westergren; Ellinor Edfors; Erika Norberg; Anna Stubbendorff; Gita Hedin; Martin Wetterstrand; Scott R. Rosas; Peter Hagell
Archive | 2014
Albert Westergren; Gita Hedin
Archive | 2014
Albert Westergren; Gita Hedin; Peter Hagell