2016 Volume 31 Issue 6 Pages 1243-1248
Purpose: Benefits of the International Nutrition Survey (INS) was evaluated by questionnaire for the representatives of Japanese intensive care units (ICUs).
Methods: The questionnaire was sent to the representative of each ICU and asked about the characteristics of the ICU, how to share the results of the INS, changes in nutritional management, and impact on other healthcare professionals after the INS.
Results: Nineteen representatives (100%) and 12 other healthcare professionals (63.2%) of each participating ICU answered the questionnaire. After the INS, nutritional leadership tended to change to a multidisciplinary team (MDT) from physicians alone. ICUs sharing the INS results with a MDT answered that early enteral feeding increased after the INS more frequently, than ICUs sharing the results only with physicians (92.3% vs 16.3%). ICUs providing nutritional education to a MDT answered that protein delivery increased after the INS more frequently, than ICUs providing education only to physicians or not (83.3% vs 0%).
Conclusion: The INS contributes to multidisciplinary collaboration in nutritional management, especially when the results are shared with a MDT.
