Ruth Wallace|Johnny Lo|Amanda Devine
Tailored nutrition education in the elderly can lead to sustained dietary behaviour change
Edith Cowan University|Edith Cowan University|Edith Cowan University
evaluate 4week dementia specific nutrition education intervention determine long term knowledge healthy dietary behaviour changes 72 elderly men women mixed method design used qualitative findings triangulate quantitative withinsubject changes determine efficacy sustained dietary behaviour change community 72 independentlyliving individuals 4week dementia specific nutrition education intervention change participant attitude confidence dietary patterns cooking behaviour knowledge analysed withinsubjects using nonparametric repeatedmeasures procedures significance level set 5 005 effect size es reported identified small medium large l significant change observed compared nutrition education intervention participants increase total knowledge p 0001 es 0972 l consumed greater variety vegetables p 0007 es 035 used less salt p 0006 es 042 ml increased spice use p 0001 es 040 ml participants overcame barriers enable sustained change held positive view healthy living believed government invest sector community sharing socialisation emerged important themes increased program satisfaction dementia specific nutrition program produced large effect knowledge improvement pre post retained follow consolidated observational participatory learning produced moderate increase healthy dietary behaviours participants valued sustained