Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in Korea
As the Korean society is aging rapidly, the issues on physical, social, economic, and mental disabilities of single-person households aged 65 years or older has also increased. This study aimed to investigate the nutrition-related dietary conditions of elderly people living alone and determine their...
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| author | Gyoungok Gang Min June Lee Eun-hui Choi Hye-Lim Lee Hyun-Young Lee Hye-Ja Chang Jung-Hwa Choi Na-Young Yi Kyung-Eun Lee Min-Jae Chung Tong-Kyung Kwak |
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| description | As the Korean society is aging rapidly, the issues on physical, social, economic, and mental disabilities of single-person households aged 65 years or older has also increased. This study aimed to investigate the nutrition-related dietary conditions of elderly people living alone and determine their dietary behavior by calculating the nutrition quotient for elderly (NQ-E). One hundred and three elderly people living alone who were basic living recipients were recruited from six senior welfare centers in Seoul, and the data were collected using a questionnaire from 19 July 2016 to 17 August 2016, with a 1:1 in-depth interview using the modified version of the NQ-E questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS 27.0 for Mac (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA); a <i>p</i> value of <0.05 was considered significant. The nutrition-related dietary conditions of the elderly living alone were limited, and many of them received support from the government, which helped improve their diet. The nutrition quotient score of the elderly living alone was 50.14, which was lower than the NQ-E mean score (57.6) of the Korean elderly and the NQ-E (62 points), which is the top 25% of the national survey subjects according to the criteria value presented by the Korean Nutrition Society. Elderly people living alone often have poor dietary habits and nutritional status. The NQ-E presented in this study can be used to evaluate the dietary conditions of the elderly and is expected to be used as an indicator for developing community programs for health promotion and evaluating their effectiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28bee581d1e14433a510c6b04b8463842023-11-19T08:38:38ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432023-08-011517375010.3390/nu15173750Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in KoreaGyoungok Gang0Min June Lee1Eun-hui Choi2Hye-Lim Lee3Hyun-Young Lee4Hye-Ja Chang5Jung-Hwa Choi6Na-Young Yi7Kyung-Eun Lee8Min-Jae Chung9Tong-Kyung Kwak10Department of Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food Science & Nutrition, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si 31116, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Soongeui Women’s College, 10 Sopa-ro 2-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04628, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Daejeon University, 62 Daehak-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon 34520, Republic of KoreaDivision of Applied Food System, Seoul Women’s University, 621 Hwarangro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01797, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Shingu College, 337 Gwangmyeong-ro, Jungwon-gu, Seongnam-si 13174, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Food & Nutrition, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of KoreaAs the Korean society is aging rapidly, the issues on physical, social, economic, and mental disabilities of single-person households aged 65 years or older has also increased. This study aimed to investigate the nutrition-related dietary conditions of elderly people living alone and determine their dietary behavior by calculating the nutrition quotient for elderly (NQ-E). One hundred and three elderly people living alone who were basic living recipients were recruited from six senior welfare centers in Seoul, and the data were collected using a questionnaire from 19 July 2016 to 17 August 2016, with a 1:1 in-depth interview using the modified version of the NQ-E questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS 27.0 for Mac (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA); a <i>p</i> value of <0.05 was considered significant. The nutrition-related dietary conditions of the elderly living alone were limited, and many of them received support from the government, which helped improve their diet. The nutrition quotient score of the elderly living alone was 50.14, which was lower than the NQ-E mean score (57.6) of the Korean elderly and the NQ-E (62 points), which is the top 25% of the national survey subjects according to the criteria value presented by the Korean Nutrition Society. Elderly people living alone often have poor dietary habits and nutritional status. The NQ-E presented in this study can be used to evaluate the dietary conditions of the elderly and is expected to be used as an indicator for developing community programs for health promotion and evaluating their effectiveness.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/17/3750nutrition quotient for elderlyelderly living alonefood behaviornutritional status |
| spellingShingle | Gyoungok Gang Min June Lee Eun-hui Choi Hye-Lim Lee Hyun-Young Lee Hye-Ja Chang Jung-Hwa Choi Na-Young Yi Kyung-Eun Lee Min-Jae Chung Tong-Kyung Kwak Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in Korea Nutrients nutrition quotient for elderly elderly living alone food behavior nutritional status |
| title | Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in Korea |
| title_full | Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in Korea |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in Korea |
| title_short | Evaluation on the Nutrition Quotient Scores of Elderly People Living Alone in Korea |
| title_sort | evaluation on the nutrition quotient scores of elderly people living alone in korea |
| topic | nutrition quotient for elderly elderly living alone food behavior nutritional status |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/17/3750 |
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