A decade of renal dietetic staffing and malnutrition prevalence in dialysis patients: An observational study in a large dialysis population
Anne Snelson, Jenny Wei, Stephanie Greco, Sajani Wijekoon, Marcus Connor, Susannah King, Raisa Shaikh, Lillian King · 2026
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Anne Snelson leads a 2026 audit study of dietitian staffing and malnutrition in dialysis patients in Victoria, Australia. Good nutrition support matters in kidney dialysis care, and guidelines set a target of one full-time dietitian per 143 patients. The team tracked whether staffing kept pace over a decade.
Nine point-in-time audits ran between 2009 and 2024 across centre-based, home, and peritoneal dialysis. Between 2014 and 2024 staffing grew with patient numbers, holding ratios between one dietitian per 126 and per 157 patients. Assessment coverage in home dialysis rose from 25 to 96 percent. Malnutrition fell from 25 to 18 percent in centre patients and from 22 to 11 percent in home patients. Rates stayed higher in older adults, women, and people in their first dialysis year.
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| CREATOR | Anne Snelson, Jenny Wei, Stephanie Greco, Sajani Wijekoon, Marcus Connor, Susannah King, Raisa Shaikh, Lillian King |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32454 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |