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. 2010 Nov-Dec;42(6):380-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.08.006. Epub 2010 Aug 8.

Low social support level is associated with non-adherence to diet at 1 year in the Family Intervention Trial for Heart Health (FIT Heart)

Brooke Aggarwal  1 , Ming Liao, John P Allegrante, Lori Mosca
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Low social support level is associated with non-adherence to diet at 1 year in the Family Intervention Trial for Heart Health (FIT Heart)

Brooke Aggarwal et al. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2010 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate the relationship between low social support (SS) and adherence to diet in a cardiovascular disease (CVD) lifestyle intervention trial.

Design: Prospective substudy.

Setting and participants: Blood relatives/cohabitants of hospitalized cardiac patients in a randomized controlled trial (n=458; 66% female, 35% nonwhite, mean age 50 years).

Main outcome measures: Non-adherence to diet using MEDFICTS (Meats, Eggs, Dairy, Fried foods, fat In baked goods, Convenience foods, fats added at the Table, and Snacks) tool; SS using the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Patients Social Support Instrument.

Analysis: Logistic regression models adjusted for confounders.

Results: Significant predictors (P<.05) of non-adherence to diet recommendations at 1 year included low SS, increased body mass index and waist size, lower physical activity, depression, pre-action stages of change, control group assignment, and being male. Those with low SS at baseline 2.7 greater odds of being non-adherent to diet at 1 year vs those with higher SS (95% confidence interval=1.1-6.4); there was no interaction by group assignment.

Conclusion and implications: Low SS at baseline was independently associated with non-adherence to diet at 1 year, suggesting that family members with low SS may be at heightened CVD risk as a result of poor dietary adherence.

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