To evaluate the nutritional status and the impact of an educational intervention on nutritional behaviour in alcohol-dependent patients. Methods: A pre-and post-intervention questionnaire and a follow-up interview were administered to 58 patients of a residential alcohol treatment service. Results: Females were at lower risk of being overweight than males, even after adjusting for amount and preferred type of alcohol beverage. Before intervention, 19% consumed 3 meals/day. Following the educational intervention, 22.2% of participants improved their knowledge. After 6 months, when 45 patients agreed to a telephone interview of whom 80% reported continued abstinence, 70.7% reported eating more than 3 meals/day. Conclusions: Nutritional behaviour of alcohol patients after residential treatments improved during follow-up, and it is possible that an educational intervention to increase knowledge on healthy nutrition style may have contributed.
The effects of educational intervention on nutritional behaviour in alcohol dependent patients / Barbadoro, Pamela; Ponzio, E; Pertosa, Me; Aliotta, F; D'Errico, Marcello Mario; Prospero, Emilia; Minelli, A.. - In: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. - ISSN 0735-0414. - 46(1):(2011), pp. 77-79.
The effects of educational intervention on nutritional behaviour in alcohol dependent patients
BARBADORO, Pamela;Ponzio E;D'ERRICO, Marcello Mario;PROSPERO, Emilia;
2011-01-01
Abstract
To evaluate the nutritional status and the impact of an educational intervention on nutritional behaviour in alcohol-dependent patients. Methods: A pre-and post-intervention questionnaire and a follow-up interview were administered to 58 patients of a residential alcohol treatment service. Results: Females were at lower risk of being overweight than males, even after adjusting for amount and preferred type of alcohol beverage. Before intervention, 19% consumed 3 meals/day. Following the educational intervention, 22.2% of participants improved their knowledge. After 6 months, when 45 patients agreed to a telephone interview of whom 80% reported continued abstinence, 70.7% reported eating more than 3 meals/day. Conclusions: Nutritional behaviour of alcohol patients after residential treatments improved during follow-up, and it is possible that an educational intervention to increase knowledge on healthy nutrition style may have contributed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
