Diet knowledge, attitude, practice and information needs among attendants of ulcerative colitis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective We tried to investigate the level of diet knowledge,attitude,practice and dietary information needs in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC).Methods A total of 78 UC patients were investigated with self-designed questionnaires about diet knowledge,attitude,practice and dietary information needs.Results The diet knowledge was poor among the patients,and only 11.5％ of them got good score.The attitude was positive but the behavior needed to be further improved.Diet behavior was significantly associated with knowledge,attitude,but the knowledge was not associated with the attitude.Patients with different genders,ages,culture levels,disease severity were not statistically significant in the knowledge,attitude and behavior,and eating behavior in patients with different careers,course of diseases was different,but there was no statistically significant difference in diet knowledge and attitude.37.2％ of patients expressed unsatisfactory feeling about current diet knowledge,79.5％ of the patients expected one-onone individualized instruction by paramedics.Conclusions The medical staff should assess the level of the diet knowledge,attitude,behavior of the patients in the health education,pay close attention to the influenc-ing factors and patients' needs,and provide individualized guidance for patients.