Telenutrition in the care of adults and elderly in Primary Health Care during the COVID-19 pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2023.67192Keywords:
Primary Health Care. Information Technology. Telenutrition. Telehealth.Abstract
Introduction: Faced with the social distancing recommendations adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic, nutritional assistance began to include telenutrition in the Primary Health Care routine. Objective: To evaluate nutrition telecare in Primary Health Care during the Covid-19 pandemic in the dimensions of care guidelines and technology management. Methods: This is a descriptive study with adult and elderly users in nutritional telecare at a Primary Health Care Unit in Southern Brazil between March 2020 and March 2021. Data were collected from electronic medical records and telephone interviews. The socioeconomic characteristics of the participants were analyzed, as well as the assessment of nutrition teleconsultation and dietary and lifestyle changes resulting from nutritional monitoring, with anthropometric data obtained by self-report. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate absolute and relative frequency, mean, and standard deviation. Results: A total of 100 users were interviewed, 53.0% of whom were adults, most of whom were women (72.0%) with white skin color (85.9%), and completed secondary education (44.0%). Excess weight reached 78.6% of people. The majority denied difficulties in understanding nutritional guidelines (91.0%) or needing help to use technologies (81.0%). The user's assessment of the remote service was positive, pointing to an improvement in the quality of food (79.7%), in behavioral aspects (46.8%), and in the practice of physical activity (53.2%). Conclusion: Users presented a positive evaluation and good adaptation to the remote care method.
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