Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most healthcare professionals switched from face-to-face clinical encounters to telehealth. This study sought to investigate the dietitians’ perceptions and practices toward the use of social/mass media platforms amid the transition from face-to-face to telenutrition in...
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| author | Khlood Bookari Khlood Bookari Jamila Arrish Majid M. Alkhalaf Mudi H. Alharbi Sara Zaher Sara Zaher Hawazin M. Alotaibi Reema Tayyem Narmeen Al-Awwad Radwan Qasrawi Radwan Qasrawi Sabika Allehdan Haleama Al Sabbah Sana AlMajed Eiman Al Hinai Iman Kamel Jalila El Ati Ziad Harb The Arabic Dietitians practices (ADP) survey Group Maha Hoteit |
| author_facet | Khlood Bookari Khlood Bookari Jamila Arrish Majid M. Alkhalaf Mudi H. Alharbi Sara Zaher Sara Zaher Hawazin M. Alotaibi Reema Tayyem Narmeen Al-Awwad Radwan Qasrawi Radwan Qasrawi Sabika Allehdan Haleama Al Sabbah Sana AlMajed Eiman Al Hinai Iman Kamel Jalila El Ati Ziad Harb The Arabic Dietitians practices (ADP) survey Group Maha Hoteit |
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| description | During the COVID-19 pandemic, most healthcare professionals switched from face-to-face clinical encounters to telehealth. This study sought to investigate the dietitians’ perceptions and practices toward the use of social/mass media platforms amid the transition from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study involving a convenient sample of 2,542 dietitians (mean age = 31.7 ± 9.5; females: 88.2%) was launched in 10 Arab countries between November 2020 and January 2021. Data were collected using an online self-administrated questionnaire. Study findings showed that dietitians’ reliance on telenutrition increased by 11% during the pandemic, p = 0.001. Furthermore, 63.0% of them reported adopting telenutrition to cover consultation activities. Instagram was the platform that was most frequently used by 51.7% of dietitians. Dietitians shouldered new difficulties in dispelling nutrition myths during the pandemic (58.2% reported doing so vs. 51.4% pre-pandemic, p < 0.001). Compared to the pre-pandemic period, more dietitians perceived the importance of adopting tele nutrition’s clinical and non-clinical services (86.9% vs. 68.0%, p = 0.001), with 76.6% being confident in this practice. In addition, 90.0% of the participants received no support from their work facilities for social media usage. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the majority of dietitians (80.0%) observed a rise in public interest in nutrition-related topics, particularly those pertaining to healthy eating habits (p = 0.001), healthy recipes (p = 0.001), nutrition and immunity (p = 0.001), and medical nutrition therapies (p = 0.012). Time constraint was the most prevalent barrier to offering telenutrition for nutrition care (32.1%), whereas leveraging a quick and easy information exchange was the most rewarding benefit for 69.3% of the dietitians. In conclusion, to ensure a consistent provision of nutrition care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic, dietitians working in Arab countries adopted alternative telenutrition approaches through social/mass media. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8262409ec4442bd955a0b3ca7eb439b2023-05-10T17:13:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-05-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11516481151648Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countriesKhlood Bookari0Khlood Bookari1Jamila Arrish2Majid M. Alkhalaf3Mudi H. Alharbi4Sara Zaher5Sara Zaher6Hawazin M. Alotaibi7Reema Tayyem8Narmeen Al-Awwad9Radwan Qasrawi10Radwan Qasrawi11Sabika Allehdan12Haleama Al Sabbah13Sana AlMajed14Eiman Al Hinai15Iman Kamel16Jalila El Ati17Ziad Harb18The Arabic Dietitians practices (ADP) survey GroupMaha Hoteit19Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi ArabiaNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi ArabiaNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Human Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, QatarDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanDepartment of Computer Science, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, PalestineDepartment of Computer Engineering, Istinye University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Sakhir, BahrainDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates0Food and Nutrition Administration, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait1Dietetics and Nutrition Department, Al Nahdha Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman2National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt3INNTA (National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology), SURVEN (Nutrition Surveillance and Epidemiology in Tunisia) Research Laboratory, Tunis, Tunisia4Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon5Food Sciences Unit, National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), Beirut, LebanonDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, most healthcare professionals switched from face-to-face clinical encounters to telehealth. This study sought to investigate the dietitians’ perceptions and practices toward the use of social/mass media platforms amid the transition from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study involving a convenient sample of 2,542 dietitians (mean age = 31.7 ± 9.5; females: 88.2%) was launched in 10 Arab countries between November 2020 and January 2021. Data were collected using an online self-administrated questionnaire. Study findings showed that dietitians’ reliance on telenutrition increased by 11% during the pandemic, p = 0.001. Furthermore, 63.0% of them reported adopting telenutrition to cover consultation activities. Instagram was the platform that was most frequently used by 51.7% of dietitians. Dietitians shouldered new difficulties in dispelling nutrition myths during the pandemic (58.2% reported doing so vs. 51.4% pre-pandemic, p < 0.001). Compared to the pre-pandemic period, more dietitians perceived the importance of adopting tele nutrition’s clinical and non-clinical services (86.9% vs. 68.0%, p = 0.001), with 76.6% being confident in this practice. In addition, 90.0% of the participants received no support from their work facilities for social media usage. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the majority of dietitians (80.0%) observed a rise in public interest in nutrition-related topics, particularly those pertaining to healthy eating habits (p = 0.001), healthy recipes (p = 0.001), nutrition and immunity (p = 0.001), and medical nutrition therapies (p = 0.012). Time constraint was the most prevalent barrier to offering telenutrition for nutrition care (32.1%), whereas leveraging a quick and easy information exchange was the most rewarding benefit for 69.3% of the dietitians. In conclusion, to ensure a consistent provision of nutrition care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic, dietitians working in Arab countries adopted alternative telenutrition approaches through social/mass media.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1151648/fullCOVID-19dietitianssocial mediamass mediatelenutritionbarriers |
| spellingShingle | Khlood Bookari Khlood Bookari Jamila Arrish Majid M. Alkhalaf Mudi H. Alharbi Sara Zaher Sara Zaher Hawazin M. Alotaibi Reema Tayyem Narmeen Al-Awwad Radwan Qasrawi Radwan Qasrawi Sabika Allehdan Haleama Al Sabbah Sana AlMajed Eiman Al Hinai Iman Kamel Jalila El Ati Ziad Harb The Arabic Dietitians practices (ADP) survey Group Maha Hoteit Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 dietitians social media mass media telenutrition barriers |
| title | Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries |
| title_full | Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries |
| title_fullStr | Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries |
| title_short | Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries |
| title_sort | perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social mass media use during the transitions from face to face to telenutrition in the time of covid 19 a cross sectional survey in 10 arab countries |
| topic | COVID-19 dietitians social media mass media telenutrition barriers |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1151648/full |
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