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FOOD INSECURITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUALITY OF DIET OF NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED OLDER ADULTS FROM A SOUTHERN CHILEAN COMMUNE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

dc.creatorGLADYS DEL CARMEN QUEZADA FIGUEROA
dc.creatorJACQUELINE ALEJANDRA ARANEDA FLORES
dc.creatorORIETTA LIZET SEGURA BADILLA
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T15:28:05Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T15:28:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAS THE POPULATION AGES, GREATER ATTENTION TO AGE-RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS RELATED TO DIET AND LIFESTYLES IS NEEDED. HERE, WE SOUGHT TO EVALUATE THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FOOD INSECURITY WITH THE QUALITY OF DIET OF NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY FROM A SOUTHERN CHILEAN COMMUNE. WE PERFORMED AN ANALYTICAL CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN A SAMPLE OF 376 OLDER ADULTS. NUTRITIONAL STATUS WAS EVALUATED THROUGH ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS. QUALITY OF DIET WAS DETERMINED BY THE HEALTHY EATING INDEX (HEI), OBTAINED THROUGH THE FREQUENCY OF CONSUMPTION QUESTIONNAIRE. SOCIOECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND LIFESTYLE VARIABLES WERE ALSO COLLECTED. ORDINAL LOGISTIC AND POISSON REGRESSION MODELS WERE APPLIED TO STUDY ASSOCIATIONS WITH QUALITY OF DIET. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF MORE WOMEN (81.6%) THAN MEN (18.4%). MOST OLDER ADULTS WERE FOUND TO LIVE IN A SITUATION OF VULNERABILITY OR POVERTY (82.4%), WITH MOST HAVING FOOD SECURITY (65.7%). ACCORDING TO THE HEI, ONLY 14.1% HAD A GOOD QUALITY OF DIET, 83.8% HAD DIET IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT, AND 2.1% HAD AN UNHEALTHY DIET. THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATION OF FOOD INSECURITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK (ACCORDING TO WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE) WITH LOWER QUALITY OF DIET CATEGORIES. HOWEVER, AN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNHEALTHY QUALITY OF DIET CATEGORY WAS NOT CONFIRMED WITH POISSON REGRESSION ANALYSIS, WHICH WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO THE LOW NUMBER OF SUBJECTS IN THAT CATEGORY (N = 8, 2.1%). OTHER MODIFIABLE FACTORS LIKE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, HOURS OF SLEEP, AND POLYPHARMACY WERE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER QUALITY OF DIET CATEGORIES. SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, WHICH IS A STRUCTURAL HEALTH DETERMINANT, WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED QUALITY OF DIET. SINCE THIS WAS A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY PERFORMED ON A SMALL SAMPLE FROM A CHILEAN COMMUNE, DIRECTIONALITY OF ASSOCIATIONS CANNOT BE DISCERNED, AND FUTURE LONGITUDINAL STUDIES COULD AIM TO BETTER CHARACTERIZE THESE ASSOCIATIONS IN LARGER SAMPLES OF ELDERLY PATIENTS.
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dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu14010036
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/12154
dc.languagespa
dc.publisherNutrients
dc.relation.uri10.3390/nu14010036
dc.rightsPUBLICADA
dc.titleFOOD INSECURITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUALITY OF DIET OF NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED OLDER ADULTS FROM A SOUTHERN CHILEAN COMMUNE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
dc.typeARTÍCULO
dspace.entity.typePublication
ubb.EstadoPUBLICADA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE NUTRICION Y SALUD PUBLICA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE NUTRICION Y SALUD PUBLICA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE NUTRICION Y SALUD PUBLICA
ubb.SedeCHILLÁN
ubb.SedeCHILLÁN
ubb.SedeCHILLÁN
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