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The effects of educational intervention on nutritional behaviour in alcohol-dependent patients
Pamela Barbadoro1, Elisa Ponzio, Maria Elisabetta Pertosa
1Department of Biomedical Science, Section of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. p.barbadoro@univpm.it
Aims:
To evaluate the nutritional status and the impact of an educational intervention on nutritional behaviour in alcohol-dependent patients.
Methods:
A pre-and post-intervention questionnaire and a follow-up interview were administered to 58 patients of a residential alcohol treatment service.
Results:
Females were at lower risk of being overweight than males, even after adjusting for amount and preferred type of alcohol beverage. Before intervention, 19% consumed 3 meals/day. Following the educational intervention, 22.2% of participants improved their knowledge. After 6 months, when 45 patients agreed to a telephone interview of whom 80% reported continued abstinence, 70.7% reported eating more than 3 meals/day.
Conclusions:
Nutritional behaviour of alcohol patients after residential treatments improved during follow-up, and it is possible that an educational intervention to increase knowledge on healthy nutrition style may have contributed.
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