Dalila Pinto de Souza Fernandes1, Maria Sônia Lopes Duarte2, Milene Cristine Pessoa3, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini4, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro5. 1. Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n., Campus, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil. Electronic address: dalila.souza@ufv.br. 2. Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n., Campus, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil. Electronic address: msonia.duarte@ufv.br. 3. Department of Nutrition, Nursing School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Prof. Alfredo Balena, 190, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-100, Brazil. Electronic address: milenecpessoa@gmail.com. 4. Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n., Campus, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil. Electronic address: sylvia@ufv.br. 5. Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n., Campus, Viçosa, MG, 36570-000, Brazil. Electronic address: andreia.ribeiro@ufv.br.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Observational studies suggest healthy dietary patterns are associated with risk reduction and better control of various chronic diseases. However, few Brazilian studies have focused on evaluating the quality of the elderly diet and its relationship with diseases. This study aimed to estimate the association between diet quality and socioeconomic factors, health and nutrition of the elderly. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional population-based study whose target population were non-institutionalized elderly residents in the city of Viçosa, Brazil. Anthropometric, socioeconomic, health conditions, lifestyle and food consumption variables were obtained from a semi-structured questionnaire. The quality of the diet was assessed by the revised Healthy Eating Index classified into tertiles, considering the first tertile as "Poor diet quality," the second as 'Intermediate diet quality' and the third as "Better diet quality." To identify factors independently associated with diet quality model, the works used multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: In the results of the multivariate analysis, the factors independently associated with "better diet quality" included female gender, higher education, history of one to five medical visits in the past year, history of diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and the use of polypharmacy. DISCUSSION: Our results show that most seniors need to improve the quality of their diet and those of male gender with no or little education, and those who do not seek medical services constitute the group that needs attention concerning the measures to improve the quality of their diet.
BACKGROUND: Observational studies suggest healthy dietary patterns are associated with risk reduction and better control of various chronic diseases. However, few Brazilian studies have focused on evaluating the quality of the elderly diet and its relationship with diseases. This study aimed to estimate the association between diet quality and socioeconomic factors, health and nutrition of the elderly. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional population-based study whose target population were non-institutionalized elderly residents in the city of Viçosa, Brazil. Anthropometric, socioeconomic, health conditions, lifestyle and food consumption variables were obtained from a semi-structured questionnaire. The quality of the diet was assessed by the revised Healthy Eating Index classified into tertiles, considering the first tertile as "Poor diet quality," the second as 'Intermediate diet quality' and the third as "Better diet quality." To identify factors independently associated with diet quality model, the works used multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS: In the results of the multivariate analysis, the factors independently associated with "better diet quality" included female gender, higher education, history of one to five medical visits in the past year, history of diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and the use of polypharmacy. DISCUSSION: Our results show that most seniors need to improve the quality of their diet and those of male gender with no or little education, and those who do not seek medical services constitute the group that needs attention concerning the measures to improve the quality of their diet.
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