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Health care professionals' views on psychological factors affecting nutritional behaviour in people with motor neuron disease: A thematic analysis.

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Abstract
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Motor neuron disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive muscle paralysis and typically leads to death within 3 years. As no cure is currently available, symptomatic management is the mainstay of treatment. An important part of this is optimizing nutritional intake with evidence that this may positively affect survival and quality of life. Health care professionals (HCPs) play a pivotal role in nutritional management of people with MND (pwMND) but, to date, their views on the psychological barriers faced by pwMND have not been explored. Such an exploration may identify ways in which the delivery of nutritional care for pwMND can be optimized.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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British journal of health psychology
Volume
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24
Issue
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4
Number of Pages
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953-969
ISSN Number
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1359-107X
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12388
DOI
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10.1111/bjhp.12388
Short Title
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Br J Health Psychol
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