Research Article
Hydration: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of UK Dietitians
Table 3
Dietitians’ self-reported practices regarding hydration in patient care (
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| Practice area | Response | Proportion of participants’ responses (%) |
| Usual method of promoting hydration in standard care | Not part of care | 7 (7) | Encourage reduced caffeine intake | 1 (1) | Encourage water intake only | 1 (1) | Encourage water and other beverages | 88 (91) | Average time spent providing hydration advice in a 4-hour clinical session | 0 minutes | 4 (4) | Between 0 and 10 minutes | 30 (31) | Greater than 10 minutes | 32 (33) | Unable to quantify | 31 (32) | Frequency of promoting hydration to stroke patients | Never | 23 (24) | Occasionally | 17 (18) | Regularly | 22 (22) | Always | 35 (36) | Frequency of assessing patients’ self-reported urine colour | Never | 6 (6) | Occasionally | 36 (37) | Regularly | 38 (39) | Always | 17 (18) | Personal rating of hydration status at work | Bad | 14 (14) | Average | 43 (44) | Good | 26 (27) | Excellent | 14 (14) | Workplace access and use of water dispensing facilities | Yes, and I use it | 64 (66) | Yes, but I do not use it | 10 (10) | No, but I would use if available | 22 (23) | No, I would not use it | 1 (1) |
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