title: Translating a food and food service satisfaction measure into Spanish.
abstract: By 2030, at least 4.5 million U.S. Hispanics will require nursing home care due to dementia and chronic disease. Despite the significance of nutrition's role in elder health, malnutrition has not been studied in controlled empirical investigations of such residents. A valid instrument for measuring food and food service satisfaction for Spanish-speaking nursing home residents is urgently needed. This article is to report on pilot testing of such an instrument with the ultimate aim of generating theory-based nursing interventions to increase resident food satisfaction, food intake, and subsequent nutrition status.
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Bronwynne C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Neva L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Crogan
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000368:Aged; D001130:Arizona; D004522:Educational Status; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005522:Food Services / Q000592:standards; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008612:Menu Planning; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009752:Nutritional Status; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000208:ethnology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating