Abstract
Background: Inappropriate dietary habits in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients accelerate the symptoms of the disease. Modifying dietary habits to be appropriate reduce the risk factors, and thereby decrease the chance of relapse. Objective: To study the factors that influence dietary behaviors among patients with COPD.
Methods: The sample comprised a total of 132 patients, both male and female with COPD, who were out-patients at the Respiratory Clinic and OPD Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. Descriptive and stepwise multiple regression were used for the statistical analysis.
Results: The factors that can predict dietary behaviors with the highest statistical significance included food intake knowledge (b = .407, p < .05), followed by social support (b = .366, p < .05), and malnutrition (b = -.140, p < .05), respectively. These factors accounted for 47.5% of the variance in dietary behaviors among patients with COPD (R2 = .475, F = 38.533, p < .05).
Conclusion: The factors that can predict the dietary behaviors of COPD patients are food intake knowledge, social support and malnutrition. Therefore, nurses should focus on food education regarding appropriate food for the disease, provide nutrition care to patients with malnutrition, and promote social support to enhance the dietary behaviors of the COPD patients.
DOI
10.56808/2673-060X.1019
First Page
1
Last Page
10
Recommended Citation
Prarach, Ratchanee and Ua-kit, Noraluk
(2024)
"Predicting factors of dietary behaviors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,"
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal: Vol. 67:
Iss.
3, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56808/2673-060X.1019
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https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/clmjournal/vol67/iss3/3