Asiye Demirel, Ayşe Neslihan Balkaya, Tuğba Onur, Ümran Karaca, Anıl Onur
The Effect of Health Literacy on Preoperative Anxiety Levels in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery
Patient preference and adherence
thailand becoming aging society presenting serious problem situation especially regarding health chronic diseases found frequently elderly may related dietary intake life style surin province reported risk area liver fluke high incidence cholangiocarcinma especially elderly therefore study aimed determine nutritional status associated factors among elderly surin province northeast thailand communitybased crosssectional study conducted among 405 people aged 60 years september 2012 july 2014 participants selected randomized systematic sampling method completed predesigned questionnaire general information food recorded weight height waist circumference behavior regarding food consume related liver fluke infection data analyzed using descriptive statistics spearmans rank correlation coefficients majority participants female 635 age 6070 years old 756 elementary school education 966 living 789 underlying diseases 383 carbohydrate 953 need improve consumption participants demonstrated undernutrition 244 overnutrition 164 obesity 154 elderly waist circumference higher normal level 340 gender female age 7180 years old elementary school underlying diseases significantly associated poor nutritional status majority high knowledge 430 moderate attitude 444 moderate practice 462 regarding food consumption related liver fluke infection conclusion findings data indicated elderly age group often overnutritional status carbohydrate consumption needs improved elderly show behavior regarding food consumption related liver fluke infection hat needs improved health education pertaining good nutrition required