Pragnesh Patel M.D., 5C, University Health Center, 4201 St Antonie Rd, Detroit, MI, 48201.
J Nutr Health Aging. 2013;17(10):894-7. doi: 10.1007/s12603-013-0355-6.
The major objective of our paper was to test and validate the nutritional literacy scale (NLS) in a pre-dominantly African-American geriatric population.
Completion of the 2 literacy scales Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (STOHFLA) and nutritional literacy scale (NLS) during a 5-month period from September 2008 to January 2009.
The Rosa Parks Geriatric Center at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University.
The study cohort consisted of elderly (>65 years old) 150 patients that had presented to the geriatric clinic.
NLS and STOHFLA were simultaneously given to the patients. The NLS consists of 28 questions regarding organic foods; calorie intake etc. and questions in each section were arranged from easier to more difficult ones. The baseline characteristics were stratified according to the NLS (< 25 and ≥ 25) and STOHFLA (< 35 and ≥ 35) scores. Additionally we also collected data on demographic information, educational experience, blood pressure recordings from 3 consecutive clinic visits.
The patients with a higher NLS score were younger (72 ± 9) as compared to those with lower NLS score (76 ± 9) (p = 0.005), and also had more years of education (16 ± 3 years v/s 13 ± 3 years; p <0.001). A higher proportion of patients with lower score on NLS had hypertension (95.10 % for NLS < 25 v/s 77.08 % for NLS > 25; p =0.001).
We validated a potentially useful nutritional literacy tool that might prove to be useful intervention aimed at identifying individuals with lower levels of education and insight regarding their nutritional behaviors.
我们论文的主要目的是在以非裔美国人为主的老年人群体中测试和验证营养素养量表（NLS）。
在 2008 年 9 月至 2009 年 1 月的 5 个月期间，完成成人简易功能性健康素养测试（STOHFLA）和营养素养量表（NLS）这 2 个阅读量表。
底特律医疗中心/韦恩州立大学的罗莎·帕克斯老年医学中心。
研究队列包括 150 名到老年诊所就诊的老年患者（>65 岁）。
同时向患者提供 NLS 和 STOHFLA。NLS 由 28 个问题组成，涉及有机食品、卡路里摄入等，每个部分的问题都按照从易到难的顺序排列。根据 NLS（<25 和≥25）和 STOHFLA（<35 和≥35）评分，对基线特征进行分层。此外，我们还收集了人口统计学信息、教育经历、连续 3 次就诊的血压记录。
NLS 得分较高的患者（72 ± 9 岁）比 NLS 得分较低的患者（76 ± 9 岁）年轻（p = 0.005），并且受教育程度更高（16 ± 3 年比 13 ± 3 年；p <0.001）。NLS 得分较低的患者中高血压的比例更高（NLS <25 的患者为 95.10%，NLS >25 的患者为 77.08%；p = 0.001）。
我们验证了一种潜在有用的营养素养工具，该工具可能有助于确定教育程度较低且对营养行为缺乏了解的个体。
