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Psychosocial factors associated with diet quality in a working adult population
Author(s) -
Ferranti Erin Poe,
Dunbar Sandra B.,
Higgins Melinda,
Dai Jun,
Ziegler Thomas R.,
Frediani Jennifer K.,
Reilly Carolyn,
Brigham Kenneth L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.21532
Subject(s) - psychosocial , social support , gerontology , medicine , dash , mediterranean diet , population , quality of life (healthcare) , demography , psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , nursing , sociology , computer science , psychotherapist , operating system
The associations between specific intra‐ and inter‐personal psychosocial factors and dietary patterns were explored in a healthy, working adult sample of university and health center employees ( N = 640) who were enrolled in a prospective predictive health study. Participants had a mean age of 48 ( SD = 11) years and were 67% women and 30% minority. Baseline psychosocial measures of perceived stress, depressive symptoms, social support, and family functioning were examined for their relationships with three diet quality indices—AHEI, DASH, and the Mediterranean. Dietary intake was of moderate quality in this high‐income, well‐educated, psychosocially healthy population. Social support was positively associated with better diet quality for all three indices ( p < .01). Further research should focus on socio‐environmental factors associated with diet quality. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 36:242–256, 2013