Eating behaviors affected by life events among community-dwelling older adults: a qualitative analysis

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  • NAGAO-SATO Sayaka
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University JSPS Research Fellow
  • KAWASAKI Yui
    Institute for SDGs Promotion, Organization for Social Implementation of Sustainability, Ochanomizu University
  • AKAMATSU Rie
    Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University
  • TANIUCHI Nanami
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University

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  • 地域在住高齢者の食行動に影響を与えるライフイベントの質的研究
  • チイキ ザイジュウ コウレイシャ ノ ショク コウドウ ニ エイキョウ オ アタエル ライフイベント ノ シツテキ ケンキュウ

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<p>Objective: To explore current eating behaviors (EBs) and life events (LEs) that affected the EBs among community-dwelling older adults.</p><p>Methods: A questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview were conducted between May and September 2022. Twenty-seven older adults living in community settings were asked to describe their EBs on the day before the survey date, including diet, meal timings, and people who had the meals together. The interviewer identified the routine EBs, and the participants were further asked when and why the routine EBs had been changed. Using the scripts of the interviews, EB changes and the corresponding LEs that affected these EB changes were coded. The codes of EB changes and LEs were separately classified into a theme and a subtheme using the thematic analysis method.</p><p>Results: The average age (SD) of the participants was 76.8 (4.8) years. Among the participants, 13 (48%) were men, and 3 (11%) were living alone. The coded EB changes were classified into seven EB change themes and 29 subthemes, which included various EBs such as meal planning, food choice, cooking, eating, and cleaning. The LEs that affected the EB changes were classified into seven LE themes and 30 subthemes. Of these, three of the seven LE themes, occupation, family, and health-related LE themes, primarily affected the EB changes.</p><p>Conclusion: This study indicated that the diverse EBs were primarily affected by occupation, family, and health-related LEs among community-dwelling older adults.</p>

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