The expert's guide to mealtime interventions - A Delphi method survey.

Background: Prevalence of malnutrition and a myriad of barriers to adequate oral diet in hospitalised patients warrants further investment to improve the patient mealtime experience. The aim of this study was to explore barriers and enablers to implementing effective mealtime interventions and develop a process framework to guide clinicians and researchers in the area.

Materials And Methods: Potential experts in the area of hospital mealtime intervention were identified as having published in this field of work within the Australasian setting.

A qualitative study into the impact of fasting within a large tertiary hospital in Australia--the patients' perspective.

Aims And Objectives: This qualitative study aims to explore the physical and emotional impact of fasting from the patients' perspective.

Background: Fasting patients in hospital is common practice and generally viewed as necessary for symptom management or for safety of healthcare provision. Negative impacts of repeated or prolonged fasting on nutritional status have been well researched, but little is documented as to how fasting impacts an individual patient's psyche.

Can't we just let them eat? Defining and addressing under-use of the oral route in a post-surgical ward.

Early postoperative nutrition improves outcomes. However, postoperative fasting is a tradition that persists in some areas of surgical practice. This retrospective audit was performed to benchmark current nutrition support practices on a mixed specialty surgical ward in a large tertiary-referral teaching hospital.