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ArticleNutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia2025

Feasibility of a targeted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health services: The NutriMental screener.

Scott B Teasdale, Oliver Ardill-Young, Patricia Crawford, Patrick Gould, Erikka Hennessy, Bronwyn Inall, Sarah King, Rebecca Lancaster, Olivia Millett, Abbey Pearson and 7 more

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Article in Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Feasibility of a targeted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health services: The NutriMental screener.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2025
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17 authors.

Scott B TeasdaleDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6884-0098
Oliver Ardill-YoungDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Patricia CrawfordSt John of God Public and Private Hospitals Midland, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Patrick GouldDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Erikka HennessyBloomfield Hospital, Western New South Wales Local Health District, Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
Bronwyn InallNepean Hospital, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Nepean, New South Wales, Australia.
Sarah KingThomas Embling Hospital, Forensicare, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia.
Rebecca LancasterCommunity Mental Health Services, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Olivia MillettWagga Wagga Base Hospital, Murrumbidgee Local Health District, Murrumbidgee, New South Wales, Australia.
Abbey PearsonKeeping the Body in Mind Program, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Bondi Junction, Australia.
Julia RoenConcord Centre for Mental Health, Sydney Local Health District, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
Alyssa StrongNepean Hospital, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Nepean, New South Wales, Australia.
Mark SurdutThomas Embling Hospital, Forensicare, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia.
Tracy BurrowsSchool of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1431-7864
Jackie CurtisDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Philip B WardDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Annabel Sandra Mueller-StierlinInstitute for Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.

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University of New South Wales
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThis study aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of mental health clinicians using a multifaceted nutrition-risk screening tool in Australian mental health settings.

methodsA mixed-methods cross-sectional design was used. Mental health clinicians implemented the multifaceted NutriMental screener at seven sites across Australia and provided feedback via a standardised form. Primary outcomes were the feasibility, acceptability and appropriateness domains of the feedback questionnaire. Additional outcomes included association/agreement between the consumer's desire for dietetic support, clinicians' impression of need for dietetic support, and total nutrition risks reported. Directed content analysis was employed to analyse open-ended sections of the clinician feedback questionnaire.

resultsFifty-four clinicians participated, completing the NutriMental screener with a total of 256 mental health consumers. Mean total nutrition risks reported were 6.4 ± 1.8 (out of nine). Mean implementation outcomes (out of five) were 3.1 ± 0.8 for acceptability, 3.7 ± 0.5 for appropriateness, and 4.3 ± 1.7 for feasibility. There was moderate agreement between consumer's desire for dietetic support and clinicians' impression of need for dietetic support κ = 0.32 (95% CI: 0.21-0.43), p < 0.001, and positive correlations between the number of nutrition risks reported and consumer's desire for dietetic support (r = 0.29, p < 0.001) and clinicians' impression of need for dietetic support (r = 0.29, p < 0.001). Six themes and 17 subthemes related to barriers and facilitators to the screener's implementation were identified.

conclusionThe multifaceted risk screening tool appears to be feasible, acceptable and appropriate for use within Australian mental health services. Refinements of the NutriMental screener based on clinician feedback may further improve its implementation.

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Mass ScreeningMental Health ServicesNutrition AssessmentAdultAustraliaCross-Sectional StudiesFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedRisk AssessmentSurveys and Questionnairesdietitianshealth risk behavioursmental disordersmental health servicesnutritional statusnutrition risks

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PMID39972546
PMCPMC12401811

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