Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview Survey
To determine the challenges that residents of rural Kentucky face regarding diabetes self-management and to identify methods that may promote diabetes management based on a population’s needs, semistructured questionnaires were used to interview 71 adults with diabetes (40 food pantry customers and...
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| description | To determine the challenges that residents of rural Kentucky face regarding diabetes self-management and to identify methods that may promote diabetes management based on a population’s needs, semistructured questionnaires were used to interview 71 adults with diabetes (40 food pantry customers and 31 grocery store customers). Although 70.1% reported following healthy diets, only 43.3% could correctly choose between pairs of healthy/unhealthy food options. Only 21% of food pantry customers (assumed low-income participants) ate healthy. Lower income participants had a 7.79 times greater chance of having a family history of diabetes and had lower perception of having proper weight than grocery store customer participants ( p = .036). Of all participants, 85.5% were motivated to manage their diabetes through diet, and 73.8% were interested in attending free healthy cooking classes. Participants who believed that diet is important in controlling diabetes revealed greater interest in attending cooking classes ( p = .017). To promote healthy diets, offering free healthy cooking classes may be an effective way of communication with patients with diabetes from lower socioeconomic and educational status. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1c4bde08fe64102a3fc40af0f8feb972022-12-21T23:25:38ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402017-10-01710.1177/2158244017738553Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview SurveySahar Ashrafzadeh0Hadi Tohidi1Kianoosh Nasseh2Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USAMashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranWestern Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USATo determine the challenges that residents of rural Kentucky face regarding diabetes self-management and to identify methods that may promote diabetes management based on a population’s needs, semistructured questionnaires were used to interview 71 adults with diabetes (40 food pantry customers and 31 grocery store customers). Although 70.1% reported following healthy diets, only 43.3% could correctly choose between pairs of healthy/unhealthy food options. Only 21% of food pantry customers (assumed low-income participants) ate healthy. Lower income participants had a 7.79 times greater chance of having a family history of diabetes and had lower perception of having proper weight than grocery store customer participants ( p = .036). Of all participants, 85.5% were motivated to manage their diabetes through diet, and 73.8% were interested in attending free healthy cooking classes. Participants who believed that diet is important in controlling diabetes revealed greater interest in attending cooking classes ( p = .017). To promote healthy diets, offering free healthy cooking classes may be an effective way of communication with patients with diabetes from lower socioeconomic and educational status.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017738553 |
| spellingShingle | Sahar Ashrafzadeh Hadi Tohidi Kianoosh Nasseh Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview Survey SAGE Open |
| title | Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview Survey |
| title_full | Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview Survey |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview Survey |
| title_short | Evaluating Dietary Knowledge and Barriers to Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kentucky: Cross-Sectional Interview Survey |
| title_sort | evaluating dietary knowledge and barriers to self management of type 2 diabetes in rural kentucky cross sectional interview survey |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017738553 |
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