The DietAdvice website a new innovation for dietitians in clinical practice.

DietAdvice 网站是营养师在临床实践中的一项新创新。

• 批准号: nhmrc : 459127
• 负责人: A/Pr Marijka Batterham
• 金额: $ 9.4万
• 依托单位: University of Wollongong
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/dietadvice-website-new-clinical-practice/94695
• 关键词: DietAdvice; website; new; innovation; dietitians

Due to the growing incidence of obesity within Australia, use of computer technology may be a method of targeting these people by increasing access to dietary services. Currently available dietary software in the Australian context only allows analysis of nutrient information. Thus when a dietitian sees a patient they must manually translate food intake to nutrient information, a largely time consuming exercise. DietAdvice is a website that was developed for people to enter in their own food intakes. The food information is sent to a dietitian who develops individualised dietary advice for them. A pilot study of the website has already found it to be feasible in the primary healthcare setting. Tested for 12 months the website was used by 224 patients from GP practices in the Illawarra region of NSW. Approximately 73% of patients were overweight and patients with a high BMI were 1.88 times more likely to use the website in the comfort of their home. Further research about the website however was needed. The research to follow on from the pilot study will aim to refine the DietAdvice website, leading towards its commercialisation for dietitians in clinical practice. The research will be broken into 3 phases. Phase 1 will involve a usability test of the website, assessing the underlying algorithms and testing it with dietitians in private practice. Phase 2 will see volunteers using the website on multiple occasions after being given pre-weighed amounts of food to eat. This will determine how reliable and accurate the information is; and phase 3 will evaluate whether the website is cost effective and if it increases accessibility of health services especially in rural areas. By confirming these attributes there will be a sound basis to commercialise the product.

由于澳大利亚的肥胖率不断上升，使用计算机技术可能是通过增加获得饮食服务的机会来瞄准这些人的一种方法。目前澳大利亚可用的膳食软件只允许分析营养信息。因此，当营养师看病人时，他们必须手动将食物摄入量转换为营养信息，这在很大程度上是一项耗时的练习。DietAdService是一个为人们输入自己的食物摄入量而开发的网站。食物信息被发送给营养师，营养师为他们提供个性化的饮食建议。该网站的一项试点研究已经发现，它在初级医疗保健环境中是可行的。经过12个月的测试，来自新南威尔士州伊拉瓦拉地区全科医生诊所的224名患者使用了该网站。大约73%的患者超重，体重指数高的患者在家中舒适地使用网站的可能性是1.88倍。然而，还需要对该网站进行进一步的研究。试点研究的后续研究将致力于完善DietAdService网站，使其在临床实践中为营养师带来商业化。这项研究将分为三个阶段。第一阶段将涉及网站的可用性测试，评估潜在的算法，并与私人执业的营养师一起测试。第二阶段，志愿者在获得预先称量的食物后，将多次使用该网站。这将确定信息的可靠性和准确性；第三阶段将评估该网站是否具有成本效益，以及它是否增加了保健服务的可及性，特别是在农村地区。通过确认这些属性，将为产品商业化奠定坚实的基础。