Background: The nutritional status of hospitalized patients has a great impact on their morbidity and mortality. Nutritional monitoring of food and fluid intake gives insight into the nutritional status of a patient and is used as a method for nutritional follow up. Traditionally, monitoring is done manually by hospital staff which usually excludes patient inclusion, participation and collaboration. Negotiating patient, or significant other, inclusion and participation in the monitoring process would enhance a personcentred approach to care. To do this, we need to understand what patients value and how they perceive the role of others and their own (potential) role in manually or technologically monitoring their nutritional intake. Such an approach is conducive to the values of respecting unicity and selfdetermination, as well as mutual respect and understanding between service users and healthcare professionals (McCormack et al., 2021). This research aims to explore patient values, needs, beliefs and abilities with regards to monitoring nutritional intake within a hospital setting. Findings will be used to construct patient preference profiles for monitoring nutritional intake. Methods: This cross-sectional study used a quantitative survey among consenting, hospitalized patients, in an urban hospital, between May and November 2023. Outcome measures included demographic features, the validated short form Patient Activation Measure’ (PAM-13), the validated ‘Dutch Health Literacy Questionnaire’ (HLQ), as well as digital skills and statements regarding patients’ values, needs and beliefs. Logistical regression will be performed to explore associations between patient characteristics (demographic features, activation, health literacy, digital skills) and their preferences for monitoring. Results: Patient preference profiles for monitoring nutritional intake, based on statistical analyses exploring associations between patient characteristics and monitoring preferences, will be presented at the conference.