Comparison of two methods of teaching the diabetic diet to elderly women

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dc.contributor.authorMason, Lisa Ringhausenen
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Nutrition and Foodsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:34:01Zen
dc.date.adate2009-04-18en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:34:01Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-04-18en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-18en
dc.description.abstractThirty females, 55 to 70 years old, participated in an investigation comparing two methods of teaching the diabetic diet. Subjects were required to take the WRAT-R, a test which assessed their reading capabilities. Only those scoring at the seventh grade level or below qualified for this investigation. Following the test, subjects were assigned to one of two groups. Participants in Group 1 received one-on-one instructions of Healthy Food Choices, whereas participants in Group 2 received videotaped instructions of Healthy Food Choices. Healthy Food Choices is a more simplified meal planning tool designed for those that cannot understand the concepts of the Exchange Lists for Meal Planning. Participants were instructed by the researcher, either on videotape or one-on-one. A follow-up visit occurred in a mean of 10.3 days to assess comprehension of the instructions provided. Each participant was contacted again by telephone in a mean of 28.7 days from the follow-up visit to assess long-term retention of the instructions they were provided. The sample menu collected from the two contacts provided data on choice deletions and additions. These data were analyzed by t-tests. There were no statistically significant differences found between diabetic diet instructions done by videotape or one-on-one at either follow-up visit or telephone contact. In this sample, videotaped instructions of the diabetic diet were just as effective as one-on-one instructions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 49 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04182009-041013en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04182009-041013/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42118en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.M376.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 21768786en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.M376en
dc.subject.lcshDiabetes -- Nutritional aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshOlder women -- Diseasesen
dc.titleComparison of two methods of teaching the diabetic diet to elderly womenen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Nutrition and Foodsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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