| Instant feedback |
We (dietitians) want to counsel whenever possible. For example, if the patient has already consumed an excess of calories, we can respond through smartphone apps. It doesn’t have to happen in the counselling room. Meaning we can counsel the patient anytime and anywhere. (D11/Primary Care Clinic) |
| Automated system |
When dietitians key in patients’ data like weight, height and age, smartphone apps should be able to automatically calculate their BMI and energy needs. On top of that, it’s good if the apps can also calculate a patient’s diet intake. For example, when patients have reached their calorie needs, a function as a signal can be made to remind and help them to limit further food consumption. (D5/Public Hospital) |
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Auto calculation features can help speed up the process. For now, we have taken 20 minutes just to calculate everything manually, so we have limited time for the counselling session and our engagement with the patient becomes less. (D7/Teaching Hospital) |
| Local food database |
Maybe it's good to have a complete Malaysian food database including calories and nutrients. I know this is a burdensome job, but it would be very good if we put our local food database in digital nutrition education tools. (D5/Public Hospital) |
| Developed by experts |
There are plenty of available apps in the market but I'm not sure about where the food database is from. (D6/Public Hospital) |
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I believe a lot of apps nowadays are not accurate. So maybe the thing that we can improve is to get involvement from experts like dietitians during the development phase of the apps. (D10/Public Hospital) |
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The apps are not developed by dietitians. We do not know the background of the developer. (D14/Teaching Hospital) |
| User friendly |
I wish to have a user-friendly digital education tool. It means one makes it easier for us not to become more complicated. (D2/Primary Care Clinic) |
| Digital nutrition educational tools integrate into systems in health facilities |
For example, we (dietitians) have calculated patients' calorie intake in apps, but we cannot enter them into the system (official hospital system) because it's not integrated. To me, it's still a problem for us who have time constraints and need to complete such documentation. If there is something that can be integrated with the existing systems, that thing is very good, and I like it. (D8/Teaching Hospital) |
