Adherence to nutritional recommendations and sociodemographic variables in patients with diabetes mellitus
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is a relationship between adherence to nutritional recommendations and sociodemographic variables in Brazilian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Cross-sectional observational study using a stratified random sample of 423 individuals. The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) was used, and the Fisher's exact test was applied with 95% confidence interval (p<0.05). RESULTS: Of the 423 subjects, 66.7% were women, mean age of 62.4 years (SD = 11.8), 4.3 years of schooling on average (SD = 3.6) and family income of less than two minimum wages. There was association between the female gender and adherence to diet with adequate cholesterol content (OR: 2.03; CI: 1.23; 3.34), between four and more years of education and adherence to fractionation of meals (OR: 1 92 CI: 1.19; 3.10), and income of less than two minimum wages and adherence to diet with adequate cholesterol content (OR: 1.74; CI: 1.03, 2.95).CONCLUSION: Adherence to nutritional recommendations was associated with the female gender, more than four years of education and family income of less than two minimum wages.Downloads
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Zanetti, M. L., Arrelias, C. C. A., Franco, R. C., Santos, M. A. dos, Rodrigues, F. F. L., & Faria, H. T. G. (2015). Adherence to nutritional recommendations and sociodemographic variables in patients with diabetes mellitus . Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 49(4), 619-625. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420150000400012