Restoring normal eating behaviour in adolescents with XXXX : A video analysis of nursing interventions.

@entity1 @entity1277 @entity1278
UNASSIGNED: An important part of inpatient treatment for adolescents with @entity1278 is to restore normal eating behaviour. Health-care professionals play a significant role in this process, but little is known about their interventions during @entity1 ' meals. The purpose of the present study was to describe nursing interventions aimed at restoring normal eating behaviour in @entity1 with @entity1278 . The main research question was: 'Which interventions aimed at restoring normal eating behaviour do health-care professionals in a specialist @entity1277 centre use during meal times for adolescents diagnosed with @entity1278 ? The present study was a qualitative, descriptive study that used video recordings made during mealtimes. Thematic data analysis was applied. Four categories of interventions emerged from the data: (i) monitoring and instructing; (ii) encouraging and motivating; (iii) supporting and understanding; and (iv) educating. The data revealed a directive attitude aimed at promoting behavioural change, but always in combination with empathy and understanding. In the first stage of clinical treatment, health-care professionals focus primarily on changing @entity1 ' eating behaviour. However, they also address the psychosocial needs that become visible in @entity1 as they struggle to restore normal eating behaviour. The findings of the present study can be used to assist health-care professionals, and improve multidisciplinary guidelines and health-care professionals' training programmes.
