メディカリー・テイラード・ミール・プログラムへの参加継続または離脱の理由:質的研究
Sara C Folta1, Jessica Burch2, Matthew Alcusky3
1Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States.
Frontiers in public health
|February 23, 2026
まとめ
メディカリー・テイラード・ミール(MTM)は健康を改善するが、患者の登録と完了率は様々である。味の好みや必要性の認識などの要因が、患者がMTMプログラムに参加し続けるか離脱するかに影響を与える。
科学分野:
- 栄養科学、医療サービス研究、質的健康研究
背景:
- メディカリー・テイラード・ミール(MTM)は、複雑な健康状態を持つ患者に栄養サポートを提供する。MTMは健康状態の改善と医療費の削減につながる可能性があるが、患者の関与についての理解は限られている。
研究 の 目的:
- MTMプログラムへの参加、完了、離脱に影響を与える患者要因を調査する。患者の経験に基づいてMTMプログラムの効果を高めるための戦略を特定する。
主な方法:
- 完了者と非完了者のMTMプログラム参加者28名を対象とした半構造化インタビューを用いた質的研究。患者およびプログラムの特徴を調査し、指示的質的内容分析および行列コーディングを用いて分析した。
主要な成果:
- MTMに参加する患者は、症状の緩和と機能の改善を目的としていたが、一部の非完了者は減量に焦点を当てていた。両グループともプログラムを肯定的に評価したが、味やポーションサイズは当初の懸念事項であった。非完了者は、味の問題や、健康の改善または状況の変化により食事が不要になったためにプログラムを中止した。
結論:
- 減量に関する患者の期待、食事の味、ポーションサイズは、MTMプログラムの完了に不可欠である。患者のフィードバックを組み込むことは、MTMプログラムのデザインと効果を最適化するために不可欠である。MTMの教育的側面は、参加者の持続的な食事の変化をサポートした。
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