A qualitative study of nutritional literacy among family caregivers of elderly chronic heart failure patients based on the Nutbeam health literacy model
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20250505-02329
- VernacularTitle:基于Nutbeam健康素养模型的老年慢性心力衰竭患者家庭照顾者营养素养的质性研究
- Author:
Rui ZHANG
1
;
Mingxing LIANG
;
Xinping TAN
;
Mingjie WANG
;
Yuan YUAN
Author Information
1. 扬州大学附属医院护理部，扬州 225012
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chronic heart failure;
Family caregivers;
Nutritional literacy;
Health literacy;
Qualitative research
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2025;31(32):4361-4366
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To comprehensively assess the nutritional literacy among family caregivers of elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), so as to provide reference for developing clinical nutrition management strategies for elderly CHF patients.Methods:This study was a descriptive qualitative research. From February to March 2025, purposive sampling was used to select 17 family caregivers of elderly CHF patients at Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University as research subjects for semi-structured interviews. The data was analysed using a directed content analysis approach.Results:Three themes and nine subthemes were identified, including functional nutrition literacy (lack of disease-related nutrition knowledge, difficulty in knowledge transformation and utilization, and barriers to voluntary nutritional adherence), interactive functional literacy (limited channels for accessing nutrition information, broken healthcare services, insufficient motivation for proactive communication, and demand for professional dietary guidance), and critical nutrition literacy (challenges in distinguishing information authenticity, reliance on inherent cognition for evaluation) .Conclusions:Family caregivers of elderly patients with CHF commonly lack relevant nutritional knowledge. Healthcare providers should attach importance to the education of nutrition knowledge and skills for family caregivers, establish a multidimensional nutrition education system, develop personalized nutrition guidance plans, and integrate the family-community-medical collaborative support network to systematically strengthen caregivers' understanding of disease nutrition management for elderly CHF patients and enhance their compliance with nutrition care practices.
