The relationship between health self-perception, food consumption and nutritional status among Portuguese older adults

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2019

Autores

Babo, M. (Autor) FCNAUP; Poínhos, Rui (Autor) FCNAUP; Franchini, Bela (Autor) FCNAUP; Afonso, Cláudia (Autor) FCNAUP; Oliveira, Bruno (Autor) FCNAUP; Almeida, Maria Daniel Vaz de (Autor) FCNAUP

Revista

Título: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Vol. 73

Páginas: 1613-1617

ISSN: 0954-3007

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citação

Scopus - 1 Citação

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde

CORDIS: Ciências da Saúde

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00Q-WKD

DOI: 10.1038/s41430-019-0473-2

Abstract (EN): In Portugal people aged 65 and above will be the populational group with the highest growth rate of the next decades. Healthy ageing constitutes a challenge as not only the number of years lived are essential, but also the quality of life becomes a priority. The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between health self-perception (HSP), food consumption and nutritional status among Portuguese older adults. Four hundred fifty-nine older adults (aged ¿ 65) were interviewed, almost half had a positive HSP. The most significant predictor of HSP was nutritional status, p = 0.005, but independence in shopping had the largest impact on how they compared to others, p < 0.001. Interventions need to focus on factors like nutritional status, independency on Activities of Daily Living, Satisfaction with Food-Related Life and utilize them to modify the negative HSP and attitudes towards ageing and health and maximize the positive aspects of old age. © 2019, Springer Nature Limited.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica