Perception of Difficulties Encountered in Eating Process from European Elderlies' Perspective
| Autor: | H. Kautola, V. Vanwymelbeke, Jianshe Chen, D. Nowak, Laura Laguna, T. Pirttijärvi, I. Grabska-Kobylecka, M. Mingioni, R. Tahvonen, I. Maitre, Anwesha Sarkar, M. G. Artigas, T. Mäenpää, Eila Järvenpää |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Gerontology Meal 030109 nutrition & dietetics business.industry media_common.quotation_subject digestive oral and skin physiology Hand manipulation Pharmaceutical Science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Food purchasing 040401 food science 03 medical and health sciences 0404 agricultural biotechnology Elderly population Perception Medicine Meal preparation Nursing homes business Accommodation Food Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Texture Studies. 47:342-352 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4901 |
| Popis: | To maintain wellbeing, independence and nourishment of elderly population, one promising strategy is to provide home care by delivering food using “meals on wheels” (MoW) system. Even when the food is home-delivered, the difficulties encountered by elderlies during the overall eating process can be a limiting factor. Hence, the objective of this self-reported study was to explore the difficulty perception in the entire eating process from opening up the package, reheating, hand manipulation and oral processing of the food to bolus swallowing in 405 elderly consumers from five European countries (Finland, France, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom) with three different levels of dependency (category 1: participants living at home with help needed for food purchasing; category 2: participants living at home who need help for meal preparation or meal delivery; category 3: participants living in nursing homes/sheltered accommodation). Frequencies of responses and cross tabulation test were calculated for the difficulties perceived. Results show that the most difficult package to open was the cap irrespective of country or dependency levels (at P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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