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Dietary Patterns and Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

Thara Govindaraju, Berhe W Sahle, Tracy A McCaffrey, John J McNeil, Alice J Owen

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thara GovindarajuDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia. thara.govindaraju@monash.edu.
Berhe W SahleDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia. berhe.sahle1@gmail.com.
Tracy A McCaffreyDepartment of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Australia. tracy.mccaffrey@monash.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9699-3083
John J McNeilDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia. john.mcneil@monash.edu.
Alice J OwenDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia. alice.owen@monash.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dietary patterns may be related to quality of life (QoL) of older adults, although evidence from literature is conflicting. The demographic shifts toward ageing populations in many countries increases the importance of understanding the relationship between diet and QoL in older adults. This review was designed to investigate associations between dietary patterns and QoL in older adults. The systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Eight electronic databases were searched to identify articles published in English from January 1975 to March 2018 that investigated associations between dietary patterns and QoL in older adults. Relevant studies were identified based on set inclusion and exclusion criteria, data were extracted and analysed to examine the relationships and possible implications for public health recommendations. The systematic review included 15 articles (One randomized control trial, six prospective cohorts and eight cross sectional). The studies looked at correlations between different dietary patterns and/or adherence to particular dietary patterns and self-reported QoL or self-rated health status. Excluding two studies which showed no significant association, healthy dietary patterns were associated with better self-rated health and QoL in one or more domains, and adherence to healthy dietary patterns like the Mediterranean diet were significantly associated with improvement in at least one of the QoL domains.

Indexed as

Diet, HealthyFeeding BehaviorQuality of LifeAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsAgingFemaleHealthy AgingHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedNutritional StatusNutritive Valuedietary patternshealthy ageingnutritionolder adultsquality of lifesystematic review

Identifiers

PMID30050006
PMCPMC6115962

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