Association between mental health and meal patterns among elderly Koreans
- Authors
- Kwak, Yeunhee; Kim, Yoonjung
- Issue Date
- Jan-2018
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Keywords
- elderly; family meals; meal patterns; mental health
- Citation
- GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, v.18, no.1, pp 161 - 168
- Pages
- 8
- Journal Title
- GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 161
- End Page
- 168
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/1422
- DOI
- 10.1111/ggi.13106
- ISSN
- 1444-1586
1447-0594
- Abstract
- Aim: The present cross-sectional study analyzed the differences in mental health among community-dwelling elderly Koreans based on type of meal skipping and family meal frequency. Methods: We carried out a secondary data analysis using data from 4742 older adults aged >= 65 years from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V (2010-2012), a nationally representative sample. Results: In the final model, after adjusting for covariates, we found differences in stress, depression and suicidal ideation based on the type of meal skipping. Specifically, breakfast skippers showed a greater odds ratio for depression and suicidal ideation than breakfast eaters; dinner skippers showed a greater odds ratio for suicidal ideation than dinner eaters. We also found differences in stress, depression and suicidal ideation per family meal frequency. Conclusions: It is necessary to consider the type of meal skipping and family meal frequency while providing limited social resources to improve the mental health of older adults.
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