Adherence to nutritional recommendations and sociodemographic variables in patients with diabetes mellitus

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Maria Lucia Zanetti¹  Clarissa Cordeiro Alves Arrelias¹  Rosana Cristina Franco¹  Manoel Antônio Dos Santos¹  Flávia Fernanda Luchetti Rodrigues¹  Heloisa Turcatto Gimenes Faria¹ 

关键词: Diabetes Mellitus;    Food Habits;    Nutrition;    Public Health;    Primary Care Nursing;    Family Health;    Diabetes Mellitus;    Hábitos Alimenticios;    Nutrición en Salud Pública;    Enfermería de Atención Primaria;    Salud de la Familia;    Diabetes Mellitus;    Hábitos Alimentares;    Nutrição em Saúde Pública;    Enfermagem de Atenção Primária;    Saúde da Família;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420150000400012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVETo determine if there is a relationship between adherence to nutritional recommendations and sociodemographic variables in Brazilian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.METHODSCross-sectional observational study using a stratified random sample of 423 individuals. The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) was used, and the Fisher's exact test was applied with 95% confidence interval (p<0.05).RESULTSOf the 423 subjects, 66.7% were women, mean age of 62.4 years (SD = 11.8), 4.3 years of schooling on average (SD = 3.6) and family income of less than two minimum wages. There was association between the female gender and adherence to diet with adequate cholesterol content (OR: 2.03; CI: 1.23; 3.34), between four and more years of education and adherence to fractionation of meals (OR: 1 92 CI: 1.19; 3.10), and income of less than two minimum wages and adherence to diet with adequate cholesterol content (OR: 1.74; CI: 1.03, 2.95).CONCLUSIONAdherence to nutritional recommendations was associated with the female gender, more than four years of education and family income of less than two minimum wages.

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