INSEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR ENTRE PACIENTES COM NUTRIÇÃO ENTERAL DOMICILIAR NO SUL DO BRASIL
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https://doi.org/10.58210/fprc3401Keywords:
Health services – Nutrition – Food securityAbstract
The aim was to investigate the food insecurity in the household of patients on Home
Enteral Nutrition. Observational, and cross-sectional study, in Curitiba, Brazil,
between December 2015 and June 2018. The short version of Brazilian Household
Food Insecurity Measurement Scale was applied. This study was carried out among
76 patients. Mean age was 63.9±21.7 years, 55.3% male. The frequency of food
insecurity was 61.8%. Government program provided diet to 28.9% of the patients.
Receiving diet from program was associated with not having money for healthy and
varied food (p=0.016). Social, demographic, economic and clinical characteristics,
category and ways of acquiring the formula were not associated with food insecurity
(p>0.05). The frequency of food insecurity was high and there was an association
between receiving commercial formula from government program and not having
enough healthy and varied food at home.
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