Outcomes On Psycholosocial Factors And Nutrition-Related Quality Of Life: Evaluation Of A 10-Week Nutrition Education Intervention In University Students
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education intervention among university students in terms of social, psychological factors and nutrition-related Quality of Life (NQoL) outcomes after receiving a 10-week nutrition education. Longitudinal and randomised stu...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4366/1/FH02-FPSK-14-01541.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4366/ |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition
education intervention among university students in terms of social,
psychological factors and nutrition-related Quality of Life (NQoL) outcomes
after receiving a 10-week nutrition education. Longitudinal and randomised
study design was adopted for the study. Methods: A total of 417 respondents
from four public universities in Terengganu were randomly assigned to either
intervention group (IG = 205) or control group (CG = 212). The IG received
nutrition education through three tools; 1) conventional lecture, 2) brochures
and 3) text messages via short messaging system (SMS) while the CG not
received any intervention. Students completed the Malay version of
NQoL (6 domains; 49 items; Likert-type responses=1-5) and SF-36 (8 domains;
36 items) at pre-intervention and post-intervention. Data analysis was carried
out by using SPSS 16.0 utilising descriptive and parametric statistics. Results:
Ninety-one percent of participants (IG = 178; CG = 202) completed the study
(age = 19.1±1.1 years; female = 87.6%; Malay = 98.2%). After controlling for
possible confounders (eg. weight, waist, hip circumferences and pre-intervention
scores for each domain), IG possessed relatively higher NQoL score in Food
Impact (p = 0.001), Social / Interpersonal (p = 0.008), Physical Functioning (p =
0.011) and Overall NQoL (p = 0.001). However, Psychological Factors did not
show any significant difference for both groups. Conclusion: Although the
intervention did not generate significant impact in the psychological component
over a period of 10 weeks, significant positive impacts in Social/Interpersonal
aspects and NQoL were clearly shown. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 15 (1):
January – June 2014: 39-53. |
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