Publications by authors named "Megan E McCutcheon"
Background: Many older adults experience hyperlipidemia and hypertension, but there is little information about whether medical nutrition therapy (MNT) or therapeutic meals have independent or joint beneficial effects on older adults with these diagnoses.
Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of MNT and therapeutic meals for older adults with hyperlipidemia and/or hypertension.
Design: A 1-year prospective four-arm controlled randomized community-based clinical trial.
Advance directives for health care among older community residents.
J Health Hum Serv Adm
February 2008
Advance directives (ADs) for healthcare are useful planning tools for older people. In addition, the utilization of ADs is important for health and human services planners, administrators, and policy makers to understand because whether or not people have an AD, and what types of ADs they have can dramatically influence the treatment trajectories and the well-being of older people who can longer make decisions for themselves. Using telephone survey data with a random sample of Oklahoma residents age 60 and older, we examined the prevalence of four measures of AD use.
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- The study investigates whether certain characteristics of homebound seniors affect their likelihood of leaving a program that offers meals and case management.
- Among the participants, 69 withdrew early while 111 completed the program; three hypotheses were confirmed through data analysis.
- Findings indicate that those who withdrew early were generally more mobile, ate less frequently, and had less positive perceptions of food taste, highlighting the need to tailor interventions to participants’ needs for better retention.