Survey on Counseling and Nutritional Counseling among nutrition professionals in particular and healthcare professionals in general.
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE
the article considers health and nutrition professionals and their relationship with Counseling with a particular focus on Nutritional Counseling. The objective is to explore and evaluate the knowledge, to date, regarding Counseling and Nutritional Counseling, of nutrition and health professionals; to identify a possible significant difference between the two groups of professionals considered. In addition, the opinion of the above-mentioned will also be explored regarding the usefulness of Nutritional Counseling in certain areas of the clinic such as the treatment of metabolic diseases, Nutrition and Nutrition Disorders and the improvement of the sports performance of athletes, both competitive and amateur.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The data were collected through a questionnaire administered to health and nutrition professionals via telematics (Whatsapp, Mail, social network). The results were analyzed by means of a Mann-Whitney statistical test.
RESULTS
The sample collected was composed of 54 participants: Dieticians (42.6%), Nutritionist Biologists (14.8%), Medical Nutritionists (1.9%) and health professionals not experienced in nutrition (40.7%). 94.4% gave the correct definition of Counseling and 61.1% believe there is a difference between this and Nutritional Counseling. The analysis shows that 91% of the population studied has average knowledge of Counseling and Nutritional Counseling.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
our survey has highlighted the need for professionals to deepen the subject, to increase awareness in the use of techniques that characterize Counseling and Nutritional Counseling.
The data highlights the need for future studies that will deepen the results involving further branches of health professions and in more areas of Italy.
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