Nutritional Sciences
- 제7권4호
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- Pages.247-253
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- 2004
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- 1229-232X(pISSN)
Effects of Dietary Attitudes on the Nutritional Status of Nurses in Kyungnam Province
- Bae, Ji-Hyun (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Keimyung University) ;
- Youn, Hyun Sook (Department of Food and Nutrition, Changwon National University) ;
- Choi, Yun Young (Department of Food and Nutrition, Changwon National University)
- 발행 : 2004.11.01
초록
This study has investigated the effect of dietary attitudes on nutritional status of nurses living in Kyungnam province. A total of 249 muses working at hospitals in the Kyungnam area participated in this study. The general characteristics and dietary attitudes of the subjects were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire, and nutrient intakes were examined using one day 24-hour recall method from November 14 to December 20, in 2001. The data of nutrient intakes were analyzed by the Computer Aided Nutritional Analysis Program and then the diet quality was estimated using the Index of Nutritional Quality (INQ). The subjects were classified as the high score group (17.3 %), medium score group (54.2%), and low score group (28.5%) based on dietary attitude score. The results were as follows: Average age of subjects was 27.1 years old, average nursingexperience was 5.7 years, and 70.7% of the subjects graduated from a junior college. The rate of shift work (45.4%) and non-shift work (54.6%) were similar. The average score on dietary attitudes in thehigh score group was 78.8, and those in he medium score group and in the low score group were 58.6 and 40.8 out of 100 points respectively. The average intake of energy (p < 0.001), carbohydrate (p < 0.001), protein (p < 0.05), animal protein (p < 0.01), animal fat (p < 0.05), vitamin