Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with Undernutrition
Low-cost educational interventions to improve dietary pattern is a pragmatic solution to prevent undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries. A prospective nutritional education intervention was conducted among older adults aged 60 years or above with undernutrition with 60 people in each int...
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| author | Samantha Chandrika Vijewardane Aindralal Balasuriya Alexandra M. Johnstone Phyo Kyaw Myint |
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| description | Low-cost educational interventions to improve dietary pattern is a pragmatic solution to prevent undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries. A prospective nutritional education intervention was conducted among older adults aged 60 years or above with undernutrition with 60 people in each intervention and control group. The objective was to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a community-based nutrition education intervention to improve the dietary pattern of older adults with undernutrition in Sri Lanka. The intervention consisted of two modules to improve the diversity, the variety of diet, and the serving sizes of food consumed. The primary outcome was the improvement of the Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) and the secondary outcomes were the Food Variety Score and Dietary Serving Score, which was assessed using the 24 h dietary recall. The mean difference in scores between the two groups was compared using the independent sample <i>t</i>-test at baseline, two weeks and three months post-intervention. Baseline characteristics were comparable. After two weeks, only the difference in DDS between the two groups was statistically significant (<i>p</i> = 0.002). However, this was not sustained at three months (<i>p</i> = 0.08). This study concludes that nutrition education interventions have the potential for short-term improvement in dietary patterns in older adults in a Sri Lanka setting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5da9ff08a12d4e15bc0e45263905cffb2023-11-18T10:37:14ZengMDPI AGGeriatrics2308-34172023-05-01835610.3390/geriatrics8030056Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with UndernutritionSamantha Chandrika Vijewardane0Aindralal Balasuriya1Alexandra M. Johnstone2Phyo Kyaw Myint3Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research Team, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UKDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 10 390, Sri LankaThe Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UKAgeing Clinical & Experimental Research Team, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UKLow-cost educational interventions to improve dietary pattern is a pragmatic solution to prevent undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries. A prospective nutritional education intervention was conducted among older adults aged 60 years or above with undernutrition with 60 people in each intervention and control group. The objective was to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a community-based nutrition education intervention to improve the dietary pattern of older adults with undernutrition in Sri Lanka. The intervention consisted of two modules to improve the diversity, the variety of diet, and the serving sizes of food consumed. The primary outcome was the improvement of the Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) and the secondary outcomes were the Food Variety Score and Dietary Serving Score, which was assessed using the 24 h dietary recall. The mean difference in scores between the two groups was compared using the independent sample <i>t</i>-test at baseline, two weeks and three months post-intervention. Baseline characteristics were comparable. After two weeks, only the difference in DDS between the two groups was statistically significant (<i>p</i> = 0.002). However, this was not sustained at three months (<i>p</i> = 0.08). This study concludes that nutrition education interventions have the potential for short-term improvement in dietary patterns in older adults in a Sri Lanka setting.https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/8/3/56dietary patternolder adultsnutrition education interventioncommunity-based |
| spellingShingle | Samantha Chandrika Vijewardane Aindralal Balasuriya Alexandra M. Johnstone Phyo Kyaw Myint Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with Undernutrition Geriatrics dietary pattern older adults nutrition education intervention community-based |
| title | Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with Undernutrition |
| title_full | Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with Undernutrition |
| title_fullStr | Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with Undernutrition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with Undernutrition |
| title_short | Education Intervention Has the Potential to Improve Short-Term Dietary Pattern among Older Adults with Undernutrition |
| title_sort | education intervention has the potential to improve short term dietary pattern among older adults with undernutrition |
| topic | dietary pattern older adults nutrition education intervention community-based |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/8/3/56 |
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