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avje starostnikov | health of the elderly 202 Methods
The study was based on a qualitative research method. Primary and secondary
sources were collected, analyzed and synthesized for the empirical work. Pri-
mary data for the analysis was obtained using the interview technique. For the
theoretical part, technical and scientific literature from international databas-
es in the field of nutrition of patients with COPD was used.
A semi-structured interview questionnaire was prepared for the study
based on a review of domestic and foreign literature (Benedik, 2012; Širca Čam-
pa, 2016; Vrbica, 2019). The first part of the questionnaire is related to demo-
graphic data and the second part is related to research. The survey was con-
ducted in February 2021 among 7 nurses of the health center involved in the
treatment of COPD patients. Participation in the survey was voluntary, and
participants were informed in advance of the purpose of the survey. The in-
terview was recorded using a recording device, and a verbatim transcript of
the audio recording was made and sent to the respondents for approval. Codes
and categories were established. We recorded the results in the discussion sec-
tion. Ethical research principles were followed at all stages of data collection
and processing.
Results
7 respondents were included in the survey; 5 nurses and 2 graduate medical
technician aged between 21 and 46 years.
We have usefully divided the codes into categories:
- Category 1: Nutritional advice consists of the codes: inhaled drugs,
not relevant, less necessary, medicines, elderly patients.
- Category 2: Patient information is characterized by codes: no ad-
vice, a little explanation, sometimes or rarely I say, they know too
little.
- Category 3: Health worker‘s role in health education is character-
ized by codes: explanation, healthy lifestyle, educate older patients,
advise on healthy eating
- Category 4: Health professionals‘ knowledge about nutrition of
COPD patients is characterised by the following codes: I know too
little, I don‘t know the guidelines, healthy eating pyramid, I follow
the news, I‘m interested, more protein.
- Category 5: Health worker education is made of codes: heard at Gol-
nik, no education, COPD school, insufficient education, not rele-
vant
Discussion
We found that a low perception of the importance of nutritional advice was
prevalent among the study participants, which is unfavorable for patients
The study was based on a qualitative research method. Primary and secondary
sources were collected, analyzed and synthesized for the empirical work. Pri-
mary data for the analysis was obtained using the interview technique. For the
theoretical part, technical and scientific literature from international databas-
es in the field of nutrition of patients with COPD was used.
A semi-structured interview questionnaire was prepared for the study
based on a review of domestic and foreign literature (Benedik, 2012; Širca Čam-
pa, 2016; Vrbica, 2019). The first part of the questionnaire is related to demo-
graphic data and the second part is related to research. The survey was con-
ducted in February 2021 among 7 nurses of the health center involved in the
treatment of COPD patients. Participation in the survey was voluntary, and
participants were informed in advance of the purpose of the survey. The in-
terview was recorded using a recording device, and a verbatim transcript of
the audio recording was made and sent to the respondents for approval. Codes
and categories were established. We recorded the results in the discussion sec-
tion. Ethical research principles were followed at all stages of data collection
and processing.
Results
7 respondents were included in the survey; 5 nurses and 2 graduate medical
technician aged between 21 and 46 years.
We have usefully divided the codes into categories:
- Category 1: Nutritional advice consists of the codes: inhaled drugs,
not relevant, less necessary, medicines, elderly patients.
- Category 2: Patient information is characterized by codes: no ad-
vice, a little explanation, sometimes or rarely I say, they know too
little.
- Category 3: Health worker‘s role in health education is character-
ized by codes: explanation, healthy lifestyle, educate older patients,
advise on healthy eating
- Category 4: Health professionals‘ knowledge about nutrition of
COPD patients is characterised by the following codes: I know too
little, I don‘t know the guidelines, healthy eating pyramid, I follow
the news, I‘m interested, more protein.
- Category 5: Health worker education is made of codes: heard at Gol-
nik, no education, COPD school, insufficient education, not rele-
vant
Discussion
We found that a low perception of the importance of nutritional advice was
prevalent among the study participants, which is unfavorable for patients
