Anand Deepika, Puri Seema
Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, India.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2013 Jun;31(2):195-201. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v31i2.16383.
This descriptive study investigated the nutrition-related knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in India. Data relating to nutritional KAP and sociodemographic profile were gathered from a sample of 400 PLHIV from New Delhi, India, using preset multiple-choice questionnaire. The knowledge on HIV/AIDS was low; nutritional knowledge was moderate as 80% of respondents could answer 4 out of 7 questions correctly. The attitude toward disease and food was positive but the application of nutritional knowledge was lacking as indicated by the moderate practice score of 8.1 +/- 2.3 out of a total score of 15. There were no significant differences in scores between genders. The PLHIV had knowledge about importance of nutrition during infection, had positive attitude toward the disease and the importance of nutrition during the course of the disease but translation of this knowledge into practice was low. Thus, there is a need for continuous interventions primarily aiming at behaviour change to convert knowledge into healthy dietary practices.
这项描述性研究调查了印度艾滋病病毒/艾滋病感染者（PLHIV）的营养相关知识、态度和行为（KAP）。使用预先设定的多项选择题问卷，从印度新德里的400名PLHIV样本中收集了与营养KAP和社会人口统计学特征相关的数据。对艾滋病病毒/艾滋病的知识了解程度较低；营养知识处于中等水平，因为80%的受访者能够正确回答7个问题中的4个。对疾病和食物的态度是积极的，但营养知识的应用不足，实践得分在满分15分中为8.1 +/- 2.3，处于中等水平。不同性别之间的得分没有显著差异。PLHIV了解感染期间营养的重要性，对疾病以及疾病过程中营养的重要性持积极态度，但这种知识转化为实践的程度较低。因此，需要持续进行干预，主要目标是改变行为，将知识转化为健康的饮食习惯。
