PD097 - RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON THE IMPACT OF MALNUTRITION AWARENESS WEEK ( MAW) AMONG HOSPITAL NUTRITION SUPPORT TEAMS BY THE BELGIAN OPTIMAL NUTRITIONAL CARE ACTION ( BEONCA)
PD097
RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON THE IMPACT OF MALNUTRITION AWARENESS WEEK ( MAW) AMONG HOSPITAL NUTRITION SUPPORT TEAMS BY THE BELGIAN OPTIMAL NUTRITIONAL CARE ACTION ( BEONCA)
A. Van Gossum1,*, S. S. Farine2 on behalf of BeONCA ( Optimal Nutrition Care fotr all)
1Gastroenterology, 2Dietetic, HUB, Brussels, Belgium
Rationale: BeONCA is a platform that brings together more than 40 partners involved in the field of clinical nutrition . BeONCA organises Malnutrition Awareness Week (MAW )by preparing tools such as slide presentations, articles, videos, fact sheets, posters, etc.. All information concerning the 2024 MAW was sent to the hospital NST via the Ministry of Health .All the NST received the link to the toolbox.
Methods: In September 2025 a survey was conducted among NSTs concerning the impact of the 2024 MAW . . .Statistics:numerical description with %..
Results: We received 94 responses from 87 /121 hospital institutions. The responders were 79 women and 15 men. The majority of responders were dieticians (85 %), five nurses, seven doctors, one speech therapist and one physiotherapist on behalf of their local NST..
Forty-five of the 94 responders (47.8 %) were familiar with BeONCA, and 71/94 were aware of MAW. .44 % were aware that MAW was organised in different European countries.21/94 have used the tools that were available on the BeONCA website.32/94 shared the informations about MAW with their NST colleagues .35/94 shared the MAW informations with the other caregivers in the medical care units.Only 23 % said they had organised events or provided informations for the general public. Five responders attempted to assess the impact of MAW et their local level.
Conclusion:
This survey was designed to assess the knowledge and impact of the MAW actions organized by BeONCA on the hospital NST .Two-third of the responders were aware about the MAW .Only a one third of the NST used the tools provided by BeONCA on website.Informations on MAW was shared with colleagues or diffused to the general public by one third of responders. .Despite limitations this survey provides some insight to improve the impact of MAW in the next years.
Disclosure of Interest: None declared