Examining the effectiveness of a holistic nutrition programme among community-dwelling elderly in Singapore
| Autor: | James Chong Boi Lee, Caroline Robert, Nurhazimah Binte Naharudin, Mojisola Erdt, Harsha Vijayakumar, Yin-Leng Theng |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, Vol 29 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2010-1058 2059-2329 20101058 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2010105819885953 |
| Popis: | Background: Singapore faces challenges in providing efficient health-care services for the ageing population. Objectives: We evaluated the effectiveness of a novel holistic nutrition programme among the elderly who were staying in several senior activity centres in Singapore. Methods: A total of 83 elderly participants (>55 years old) took part in a mixed-methods experimental study. Participants were assigned to the control group (CG), the intervention group without health talks (IGH–) or the intervention group with health talks (IGH+). Demographics, perceived satisfaction score of the administered programme and pre–post measurement on nutritional knowledge and perceived competence were measured. Subsequently, in-depth interviews were also carried out with some participants. Results: One-way analysis of variance revealed significantly higher scores for the IGH– and IGH+ groups compared to the CG in terms of perceived satisfaction of the programme ( p= 0.009 and p= 0.005, respectively). There was also a significant difference in terms of the change in nutritional knowledge before and after the programme between the IGH– and IGH+ groups ( p= 0.002) but not for perceived competence ( p= 0.26). Several determinants of dietary behaviours in the elderly such as living arrangements, attitudes and finances were identified from thematic analyses of the interviews. Conclusions: The findings from the study demonstrate the effectiveness of an holistic programme in effecting changes in nutritional knowledge but not perceived competence. |
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