Satisfaction of Senior Citizens in a Nutrition Education Program with and Without Computer-Assisted Instruction

Dennison, Darwin; Dennison, Kathryn F.; Ward, Joan Yuhas; Wu, Yow-Wu B.

doi:10.1300/j052v12n01_02

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“…In fact, the results of our study suggest the reverse; that nutrition education may be an effective means of helping seniors learn to use computers. These results are in agreement with those of Dennison et al [19], who Placeholder All values are means ± SD for the nine selected questions.…”

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Evaluation of a Nutrition and Health Educational Online Computer Program for Older Adults

Pintauro¹,

Regimbald²,

Burczy³

et al. 2011

J Nutr Food Sci

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Background: Many older adults are at increased risk for nutritional deficiencies and foodborne illnesses. The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a user-friendly computer application that provides nutrition, food safety, and health information tailored to the needs of older adults. Methods: To determine the effectiveness of the program, a 12-month intervention study was conducted in which subjects were assigned to an experimental (HE-HA) group (access to the computer program) or a control (CON) group (no access to computer program). Computers were placed in each of two Vermont rural congregate meal sites. One site served as the HE-HA group site and the other as the CON site. Forty-one adults congregate meal users (HE-HA group: n=16; CON group: n=25) age ≥ 55, were recruited to participate in the study. The Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) checklist, food behavior checklist, and computer attitude surveys were completed by participants at baseline, 3, and 12 months. Focus groups were conducted between 8 and 9 months. Between and within group over time differences were statistically analyzed by Chi-square analyses and repeated measures ANOVA. Results and Conclusions: A significant positive impact of our program was noted on fruit and vegetable consumption (p < 0.005) and attitude regarding use of computers (p < 0.02). Focus group results indicated that all HE-HA participants claimed to have changed at least one aspect of his/her diet and that the Website contributed to this positive change. They also noted that the help of the "peer mentors" was a significant factor in their positive experience with using the Web application and with the use of computers in general. In this study, we demonstrated the successful use of a nutrition and health computer application in improving both nutrition behavior and computer skills and attitudes in older adults.

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confidence: 93%

Evaluation of a Nutrition and Health Educational Online Computer Program for Older Adults

Pintauro¹,

Regimbald²,

Burczy³

et al. 2011

J Nutr Food Sci

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“…Previous studies of computer systems (11)(12)(13)(14)(15) show that most people enjoy sharing in the management of their medical problems and that older people are often motivated to change health behavior. One study on the receptiveness of senior citizens to use of computerassisted instruction indicated that most seniors enjoyed learning to use the technology (16). Brennan reported even "naive users can and will use computer technology for health-related purposes" (17).…”

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“…Our purpose was to determine if the therapists agreed with the program as well as they agreed among themselves. For this analysis we recruited 16 older adults from a health club and 62 older adults from a senior center to serve as a validation sample. The PEP equipment was transported to the community sites, and a research assistant explained the purpose of the program, how the computer worked, and answered questions during use.…”

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Satisfaction of Senior Citizens in a Nutrition Education Program with and Without Computer-Assisted Instruction

Cited by 7 publications

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Evaluation of a Nutrition and Health Educational Online Computer Program for Older Adults

Evaluation of a Nutrition and Health Educational Online Computer Program for Older Adults

Development and validation of an exercise performance support system for people with lower extremity impairment

Characteristics of health care interventions in affordable senior housing: A scoping review

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