Nutrient intakes and dietary compliance in cardiac patients: 6-year follow-up.
Changes in nutrient intakes which were recorded in the diets of cardiac patients at 1-year follow-up were maintained at 6-year follow-up, with the exception of fibre intake. Twenty-three patients, 60 per cent of the original study, were available for assessment at 6-year follow-up. The majority of these patients (74 per cent) had been classified as good compliers at 1-year follow-up. They had maintained the nutrient intakes observed at 1-year follow-up, except for fibre intake which had been reduced. Nutrient intakes of the small number of poor compliers (26 per cent) tended to deteriorate between 1- and 6-year follow-up. Body weight, which was reduced at 1-year follow-up, had increased to initial levels at 6-year follow-up for the total group. Poor compliers showed the greatest increase in weight. Serum cholesterol levels showed little change throughout the study for all patients. Compliance at 1-year follow-up appeared to determine compliance over the longer follow-up period for the study patients and especially for good compliers. More attention needs to be given to evaluating the factors which influence compliance, in particular dietary compliance.
Cardiac Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004032:Diet; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013997:Time Factors