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| Social cognitive predictors of nutritional risk in rural elderly adults | | Author(s) | Helen M Hendy, Gordon K Nelson, Margaret E Greco |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 47, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 299-327 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Diet ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | According to social cognitive theory, nutritional risk would be predicted by perceptions of nutrition efficacy, which in turn would be predicted from four sources: modelling, verbal support, physiological conditions, and nutrition habits. In telephone interviews with 154 rural older adults, nutritional risk was measured with Nutritional Risk Index (NRI), Nutritional Screening Initiative (NSI), and seven high-risk nutrients consumed less than 50% of RDA (Diet Plus Analysis). Nutrition efficacy was measured with a new 25-item scale of Perceived Nutrition Barriers (PNB). Findings showed that nutritional risk was directly predicted by large households, few shared meals, few confidants, high body mass, many medications, and few daily foods. It was indirectly predicted (via PNB) by high levels of negative affect. Barriers most often mentioned were food costs, eating alone, food tastelessness, transportation to the store, and chewing difficulty. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990325404 A |
| Classmark | CF: CFD: RL: 7T |
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