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ArticleComplementary therapies in clinical practice2008

Factors affecting adherence to a raw vegan diet.

Lilli B Link, Judith S Jacobson

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Article in Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Lilli B LinkCancer Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. lbl10@columbia.edu
Judith S Jacobson

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Training Program in Cancer-Related Population SciencesR25CA094061 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI NEUGUT, ALFRED I. · 2002 to 2016
$5.9M
NCI NIH HHS R25 CA 094061NCI NIH HHS R25 CA094061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate adherence and identify predictors of adherence to a raw vegan diet (i.e., uncooked plant foods) following a stay at a raw vegan institute. In this cohort study of guests at a raw vegan institute, subjects completed written questionnaires upon arrival and 12 weeks later. Of 107 eligible guests, 84 participated. Mean age was 54 years, 23 were male, and 73 white. Fifty-one completed the 12-week follow-up. Eight (16%) reported their diet to be 80% raw vegan at baseline and 14 (28%) at follow-up. Based on a raw vegan dietary adherence score (range 0-42) created for this study, mean adherence (SD) increased from 15.1 (5.4) to 17.0 (5.8) over 12 weeks (p=0.03). Baseline predictors of adherence included: education (beta=0.95), severity of disease (beta=0.98), and self-efficacy to adhere (beta=0.72). Future interventions that evaluate this diet should address self-efficacy, an important, potentially remediable predictor of adherence.

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Diet, VegetarianHealth StatusSelf EfficacyAnalysis of VarianceCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient ComplianceSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID18243943
PMCPMC3635096

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