The Relationship between Social Support and Diet Quality in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States

Pieroth, Renee; Radler, Diane Rigassio; Guenther, Patricia M.; Brewster, Philip J.; Marcus, Andrea Fleisch

doi:10.1016/j.jand.2017.03.018

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“…The mentioned teamwork facilitates the communication of medical information between the doctor and the patient (Beverly et al, 2016). Previous studies demonstrated that positive social relationships between patients and the health service team can improve health behaviours such as choosing healthier foods (Pieroth et al, 2017). In line with the present results, Chew, Shariff-Ghazali, and Fernandez (2014) noted the lifelong need of patients with diabetes for psychological support since the patients' psychological health has a key role in their self-care behaviours.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Shao, Liang, Shi, Wan, and Yu (2017) found that the more support the patients receive from their spouses and relatives, the more they become devoted to self-care. A study by Pieroth, Radler, Guenther, Brewster, and Marcus (2017) also demonstrated a positive relationship between social support and the overall quality of diet among middle-aged and older men in the United States.…”

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Exploring the barriers of adherence to dietary recommendations among patients with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study in Iran

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Type II diabetes (T2D) is a major global health problem (Banerjee, Nema, Dhas, & Mishra, 2017), and its prevalence is rapidly increasing throughout the world (Hu et al., 2015). According to an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) report, 382 million adults in the world had diabetes in 2013 (Han, Kim, Kim, Lee, & Cho, 2017) and this figure is expected to reach 592 million by 2035 (Guariguata et al., 2014). The mentioned statistic also suggests that most of the diabetes patients will have T2D (Han et al., 2017). Currently, more than 4 million people have diabetes in Iran and this figure triples every 15 years (Esteghamati et al., 2014; Zendehtalab, Vaghei, & Emamimoghadam, 2013). According to the experts' unofficial predictions, the diabetes population of Iran will reach nine million by 2020 (Rohani et al., 2016). However, the prevalence of T2D is estimated to be 8.6% in Iran (Nosratabadi, Halvaiepour, Yousefi, & Karimi, 2016). The increasing prevalence of diabetes leads to extensive treatment costs. In this regard, in the United States, the total cost of DM amounts to $2108/patient per year (Leon & Maddox, 2015), because diabetes is associated with an increased risk of cardiac, renal and neurological diseases, visual impairment and early mortality (Baraz,

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Exploring the barriers of adherence to dietary recommendations among patients with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study in Iran

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“…Previous studies have demonstrated that improved nutrition was associated with better outcomes among patients receiving treatment for esophageal cancer [ 25 ]. Therefore, many patients with advanced esophageal cancer with impaired nutrition frequently receive complex enteral or parental nutritional therapies that require social support [ 26 ]. Finally, esophageal cancer has a strong male preponderance.…”

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Marital status is associated with superior survival in patients with esophageal cancer: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results study

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The impact of marital status on survival among patients with esophageal cancer has not been evaluated in the U.S. population in depth. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of marital status on survival among patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was utilized to identify patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer between 1973 and 2013. Cox regression analysis was performed to evaluate for association between marital status on both cancer-specific and overall survival. Of the 69,139 patients with esophageal cancer, 35,863 (52%) had adenocarcinoma and 21,573 (31%) had distant SEER stage. At the time of diagnosis, 39,805 (57%) patients were married, 10,116 (15%) were single, 8,417 (12%) were divorced or separated, and 10,801 (16%) were widowed. Married patients had superior cancer-specific and overall survival compared to unmarried patients. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that single (adjusted hazard ratio (HR)=1.14, 95%CI 1.11-1.17; P<0.001), divorced or separated (HR=1.16, 95%CI 1.13-1.19; P<0.001), and widowed (HR=1.22, 95%CI 1.19-1.26; P<0.001) compared to married patients had higher risk of death from all causes. In conclusion, marital status was associated with superior survival among U.S. patients with esophageal cancer in a large population-based study.

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“…Social support, has also been investigated in weight loss situations [16], and has been found to contribute to effective weight loss interventions [17]. However, less is known regarding the association between social environment and food intake in the general population [18,19]. Also, only few studies pertaining to social environment have evaluated food intake using proxies of overall diet quality [18][19][20], the majority having specifically studied the associations between social factors and either fruit and vegetable or fat intakes.…”

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“…However, less is known regarding the association between social environment and food intake in the general population [18,19]. Also, only few studies pertaining to social environment have evaluated food intake using proxies of overall diet quality [18][19][20], the majority having specifically studied the associations between social factors and either fruit and vegetable or fat intakes. Therefore, whether social support provided by family and friends towards healthy eating facilitates overall healthier eating habits remains uncertain.…”

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Social Support, but Not Perceived Food Environment, Is Associated with Diet Quality in French-Speaking Canadians from the PREDISE Study

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The objectives were to assess whether social support for healthy eating and perceived food environment are associated with diet quality, and to investigate if sociodemographic characteristics moderate these associations. A probability sample of French-speaking adults from the Province of Québec, Canada, was recruited in the context of the PREDISE study. Participants reported their perceptions of supportive and non-supportive actions related to healthy eating from close others at home and outside of home (n = 952), and of the accessibility to healthy foods (n = 1035). The Canadian Healthy Eating Index (C-HEI) was calculated based on three Web-based 24 h food recalls. Multiple linear regression models showed that supportive (B = 1.50 (95% CI 0.46, 2.54)) and non-supportive (B = −3.06 (95% CI −4.94, −1.18)) actions related to healthy eating from close others at home were positively and negatively associated with C-HEI, respectively, whereas actions from close others outside of home were not. The negative association between non-supportive actions occurring at home and C-HEI was stronger among participants with lower (vs. higher) levels of education (p interaction = 0.03). Perceived accessibility to healthy foods was not associated with C-HEI (p > 0.05). These results suggest that the social environment may have a stronger influence on healthy eating than the perceived physical environment. This adds support for healthy eating promotion programs involving entire families, especially for more socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, whose efforts to eat healthily may be more easily thwarted by non-supportive households.

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The Relationship between Social Support and Diet Quality in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States

Cited by 36 publications

References 17 publications

Exploring the barriers of adherence to dietary recommendations among patients with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study in Iran

Exploring the barriers of adherence to dietary recommendations among patients with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative study in Iran

Marital status is associated with superior survival in patients with esophageal cancer: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results study

Social Support, but Not Perceived Food Environment, Is Associated with Diet Quality in French-Speaking Canadians from the PREDISE Study

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