Preferencias alimentarias en tiempos de pandemia: El caso de personas mayores chilenas

Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja; Carolina  Garrido-Ramírez; Camila Inés  Gatica-Quiroga; Cristina Javiera  Salas-Moyano

doi:10.19136/hs.a21n2.4859

Authors

Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8433-5750
Carolina Garrido-Ramírez Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-5705
Camila Inés Gatica-Quiroga Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-7521
Cristina Javiera Salas-Moyano Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-5094

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a21n2.4859

Abstract

Objective: The social isolation caused by COVID-19 has promoted changes in lifestyles, affecting the well-being of the elderly. Therefore, the objective of the study is to interpret the influence of emotional and socioeconomic factors in food preferences of older people of the Gran Concepcion, Chile, in times of pandemic.

Materials and methods: For the achievement of its purposes, an investigation was carried out that responds to the qualitative paradigm with the interpretive phenomenological approach of Heidegger. Participants were selected by intentional sampling based on the selection criteria and considering the sample size resulting from the saturation point. The study included a total of 12 elderly, who were interviewed virtually; the resulting data was coded, regrouped and analyzed using a content analysis technique.

Results: The favorite dishes respond to those of the local culture; on the other hand, emotional and economic aspects are not recognized in the selection of food and food preferences. The communication achieved using social networks with their families is identified as positive and does not influence their eating behaviors.

Conclusions: For this group of older people, the experience of social isolation due to COVID-19 was not enough to modify food preferences.

Keywords: Aged; food preferences; social isolation; qualitative research.

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Author Biographies

Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception

Nutritionist from the University of Concepción, Chile; Graduate in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Chile; Master in Evidence-Based Public Health and Master in Gerontology, from the Catholic University of the Santísima Concepción, Chile and the European University of the Atlantic, Spain, respectively. Currently, she is a doctoral student at the Maimónides University, Argentina, in gerontological research.
Carolina Garrido-Ramírez , Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception

Graduate in Nutrition and Dietetics; Nutrition and Dietetics Degree, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Camila Inés Gatica-Quiroga, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception

Graduate in Nutrition and Dietetics; Nutrition and Dietetics Degree, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Cristina Javiera Salas-Moyano, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception

Graduate in Nutrition and Dietetics; Nutrition and Dietetics Degree, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.