Background: Dietary diversity is influenced by nutritional literacy. This study sought to investigate associations between nutritional literacy and dietary diversity among elderly Chinese individuals with chronic diseases and clarify how nutritional literacy affects dietary diversity.
Methods: Three communities in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province were chosen at random to assess nutritional literacy and diet status, which included 301 individuals over the age of 60 with chronic diseases.
Results: The elderly had a middle and lower level of nutritional literacy (n = 301,20.16±5.45). Dietary diversity scores (DDSs) and nutrition literacy showed a positive correlation (r = 0.366, P < 0.001). Higher DDSs were seen in those with greater education levels (OR = 2.15,95 %CI = 1.57∼2.94) and those with better awareness of diet and health (OR = 1.29,95 % CI = 1.02∼1.55).
Conclusions: The elderly face significant challenges in maintaining a reasonable nutritional intake over time and their nutritional literacy warrants attention.
Purpose: To measure intervention fidelity of the Photo-with-Movement Program (PMP) and to report the findings of the program.
Methods: This study was a two-arm, pilot randomized controlled trial of the PMP. An intervention fidelity checklist and semi-structured interviews were utilize to evaluate the fidelity of the PMP. Twenty-four older adults and informal caregiver dyads enrolled in the study, with 12 dyads in the experimental group and another 12 in the control group. The PMP integrated visual stimulation, physical exercise, and digital-based activity to deliver a comprehensive, non-pharmacological pain relief syllabus to the participants in the experimental group. The control group received pain management pamphlets. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS to compare the outcomes between the experimental and control groups.
Results: The PMP led to significant findings on reducing pain intensity and high scores on intervention fidelity. Participants showed great acceptance of this delivery format.
Conclusions: This study revealed the fidelity and effectiveness of a multimodal non-pharmacological intervention, suggesting that it could be used for pain management and caregiving.
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness and safety of exercise rehabilitation in older adults undergoing intervention for heart valve disease.
Method: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Ovid Medline, SPORTDiscus, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Wanfang were systematically searched until January 2024. Risk-of-bias assessments were performed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. A meta-analysis of the following indexes was performed using RevMan 5.4 software.
Results: Nine trials involving 631 patients were ultimately included. Exercise rehabilitation significantly reduced the risk of adverse events, increased the 6-minute walk distance, improved the physical component of quality of life, and shortened the length of postoperative hospitalization. However, exercise rehabilitation did not affect all-cause mortality, left heart ejection fraction, or peak oxygen uptake.
Conclusions: Exercise rehabilitation may enhance exercise capacity, reduce the incidence of adverse events, and shorten the length of postoperative hospitalization in older adults undergoing intervention for heart valve disease.