McClelland Jacquelyn W, Jayaratne K S U, Bird Carolyn
a Department of Youth, Family, and Community Sciences , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina , USA.
J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr. 2015;34(1):22-33. doi: 10.1080/21551197.2014.998327.
The objective of this study was to explore whether singing an educational song would be effective in improving older adults' knowledge about nutrition. We used a randomized controlled design to determine whether singing an educational song would result in increased nutrition knowledge in a low-income population of older adults compared to a control group of similar adults who did not sing the song. Eighteen congregate nutrition sites were randomly assigned to the treatment or control group. Analysis via independent samples t -test showed the knowledge gain mean scores for the treatment group were significantly ( P < 0.05) greater than those of the control group. This study supports a unique new approach to increasing nutrition knowledge of older adults by using music.
本研究的目的是探讨唱一首教育歌曲是否能有效提高老年人的营养知识。我们采用随机对照设计，以确定与未唱歌的类似成年人对照组相比，唱一首教育歌曲是否会使低收入老年人群体的营养知识增加。18个集体营养场所被随机分配到治疗组或对照组。通过独立样本t检验分析表明，治疗组的知识增益平均得分显著（P<0.05）高于对照组。本研究支持一种通过音乐增加老年人营养知识的独特新方法。
