Nutrition Literacy (NL) positively impacts diet quality and has the potential to promote health and prevent nutrition-related chronic diseases. Brazil is one of the countries with the highest rates of nutrition-related chronic diseases. Nevertheless, in Brazil, few studies have explored the NL levels of its population. To provide remote access to the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Brazilians (NLit-Br) and assess Brazilian bank employees, we conducted a study to estimate the validity of the NLit-Br online and to investigate whether bank employees have an adequate NL level. In the first step, we randomly assigned 21 employees from three financial institution branches to two groups to complete NLit-Br paper and online versions. After an interval period, both groups completed the NLit-Br with an opposite delivery method (paper vs. online). We compared the validity of the digital and paper versions of the NLit-Br by the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), and the reliability by Kuder–Richardson formula 20. Second, we evaluated 1174 bank employees using the NLit-Br online version. We found an excellent absolute agreement (ICC ≥ 0.75) between the paper and online versions. The questionnaire had good internal consistency (KR-20 = 0.64). The sample was characterized as mostly male (61.0%), married/cohabitant (73.8%), and white (69.8%), with high household income (85.2%), and graduated or postgraduate (97.4%). The mean age of the population was 42.1 (SD = 7.6) years. Subjects predominantly had possibly inadequate NL (62.3%). The online NLit-Br total score was significantly associated with gender, age, and household income (p < 0.05). Women and individuals with higher incomes had a higher degree of NL. Subjects over 50 years old had a lower degree of NL. There was no significant association between the NLit-Br score and the participants’ education. The NLit-Br online is a valid instrument to assess NL remotely. The population studied showed a high prevalence of inadequacy of the NL. Therefore, there is a need for targeted actions to improve the NL of bank employees.
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Our long term goal is to identify the socioeconomic and cancer-specific determinants in patients with prostate cancer undergoing prostatectomy that impact their ability to maintain a healthy weight. This study explores the association between participants’health determinants and their indicated degree of self-efficacy and quality of life (QoL). METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Study population includes participants of the WARRIOR trial (n=40), which included overweight men scheduled radical prostatectomy from the University of Kansas Medical Center. In addition to baseline demographics, the study team will administer a questionnaire based on a socioeconomic position and health-related QoL framework. This questionnaire will assess participants' socioeconomic, cancer-specific, and psychological circumstances at time of surgery and present day. Univariate analyses will be conducted on all variables with bivariate analyses between socioeconomic and clinical items to the outcome of composite self-efficacy scoring. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We anticipate that participants in the intervention will report higher self-efficacy and emotional/social support than participants in the control group, participants with social vulnerability (lower income, marginalized race/ethnicity, etc) will report decreased self efficacy and poorer QoL compared with participants who are not socially vulnerable, and that participants who previously indicated social vulnerability will report more emotional barriers to weight loss, and lesser weight loss satisfaction, self-esteem, and QoL. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Lifestyle interventions have helped prostate cancer patients lose weight before surgery, but many regain weight. Exploring perceptions of self efficacy as well as learning more about what structural and systemic barriers affect self efficacy is important to inform how to improve our approach for sustained weight loss and health behavior changes.
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