A Chronic Disease Diet Recommendation System Based on Domain Ontology and Decision Tree

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-482
Author(s):  
Rung-Ching Chen ◽  
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Chung-Yi Huang ◽  
Yu-Hsien Ting ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
High Cholesterol ◽  
Aging Society

As society develops and science and technology improve, people have come to care more about a healthy diet. Diet types have gradually changed and focused more on health management. Taiwan is becoming an aging society in which individuals have irregular lifestyles, long-term unhealthy diets, stressful work, and chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. However, most dietary recommendation systems cannot give dietary recommendations for patients with chronic diseases. Though healthy foods are recommended, the systems contain little information on whether nutrients are in balance. Therefore, this study constructed a diet recommendation system for chronic diseases using expert knowledge, which enables more convenient and precise dietary recommendations for chronic diseases. In this study, we use an ontology, decision trees, and Jena to construct the recommendation system. The dietary recommendations results are evaluated by dietitians, and the verification accuracy is 100%. Therefore, this system of dietary recommendations can provide convenient, healthy, dietary recommendations for nutrients for patients with chronic diseases.

scholarly journals Telemedicine maybe an effective solution for management of chronic disease during the COVID-19 epidemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Wang ◽  
Xiaojie Yuan ◽  
Jiping Wang ◽  
Chenglin Sun ◽  
Guixia Wang
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Chronic Disease Management ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Medical Resources ◽  
Care Services ◽  
And Control

Abstract Aim: Based on the development of telemedicine and the experience of using it during the COVID-19 epidemic, we aimed to explore its convenience and shortcomings to provide a reference for the further improvement of telemedicine. Background: Traditional healthcare has been significantly affected by the outbreak of COVID-19, which has increased fear in patients with chronic diseases and increased the difficulty of obtaining hospitalized treatment. Methods: This is a conceptual article. The literature search is based on Pubmed, including articles published between January 2015 and December 2020. The purpose was to determine whether telemedicine is effective in the management of chronic diseases in the epidemic situation and to develop telemedicine and chronic disease management for long-term epidemic situations in the future. Findings: Telemedicine has demonstrated its advantages during the COVID-19 epidemic and can provide diversified clinical care services for patients with chronic diseases; these services have played a vital role in epidemic prevention and control, greatly alleviated the shortage of medical resources, increased the utilization level of medical resources, and reduced the cross-infection risk during treatment in hospitals. Furthermore, the epidemic situation presents opportunities for the development of diagnosis and treatment methods via the internet and active health management modalities.

Patterns of alcohol consumption among people with major chronic diseases

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Thu Le Pham ◽  
Sarah Callinan ◽  
Michael Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Risky Alcohol ◽  
National Drug ◽  
Increased Risk

Risky alcohol use places those with existing chronic conditions at increased risk of medical complications. Yet, there is little research assessing the alcohol consumption among this group. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of risky drinking among people with a range of chronic diseases. As part of the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS), 22684 Australians aged ≥18 years answered questions about their experience of chronic diseases and their drinking patterns. Nearly 18% (CI: 17.2–19.3) of people with chronic disease reported drinking at a long-term risky level, roughly the same rate as those without chronic disease (19.3%, (CI: 18.6–20.2)). Nearly one-quarter, 24% (CI: 23.0–25.3), of people with chronic diseases drank at levels of increased short-term risk, significantly less than the rest of the sample. Respondents with mental illness were more likely to drink at risky levels than the rest of the sample, while the reverse was true of those with diabetes. Overall, those with chronic diseases have similar drinking patterns to the rest of the population, despite increased risks associated with this consumption. Regular screening and subsequent brief interventions for those with chronic disease, particularly mental illness and cancer, are recommended.

scholarly journals Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Crosby ◽  
Brenda Davis ◽  
Shivam Joshi ◽  
Meghan Jardine ◽  
Jennifer Paul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Chronic Disease Risk ◽  
Ketogenic Diets ◽  
Low Carbohydrate

Very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets have been long been used to reduce seizure frequency and more recently have been promoted for a variety of health conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and liver disease. Ketogenic diets may provide short-term improvement and aid in symptom management for some chronic diseases. Such diets affect diet quality, typically increasing intake of foods linked to chronic disease risk and decreasing intake of foods found to be protective in epidemiological studies. This review examines the effects of ketogenic diets on common chronic diseases, as well as their impact on diet quality and possible risks associated with their use. Given often-temporary improvements, unfavorable effects on dietary intake, and inadequate data demonstrating long-term safety, for most individuals, the risks of ketogenic diets may outweigh the benefits.

Smartphone Interventions for Long-Term Health Management of Chronic Diseases: An Integrative Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 570-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingting Wang ◽  
Yuanyuan Wang ◽  
Chunlan Wei ◽  
Nengliang (Aaron) Yao ◽  
Avery Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Integrative Review

The association between health information attitudes and skills in patients with chronic disease in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuzhi Wang ◽  
Aijing Luo ◽  
Dan Luo ◽  
Dehua Hu ◽  
Wenzhao Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Chronic Disease Patients ◽  
Physical Examinations ◽  
Social Demographic ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: To assess and explore the relationship between the health information (HI)-related attitudes and skills of patients with chronic disease in China. Methods: A questionnaire was developed to measure the participants’ HI-related attitudes and skills. The study included all participants ( N = 1671) undergoing routine physical examinations at the Health Management Centre, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan province, from September to November 2013. The Kruskal–Wallis test was used to assess the impacts of social demographic factors and chronic disease conditions on the patients’ HI-related attitudes and skills. Multiple linear regression and bivariate correlation analyses were adopted to explain the relationship between attitudes and skills. Results: The chronic disease patients clearly know that HI was valuable for their health, but their general HI-related skills were inadequate, particularly for elderly and undereducated patients. Additionally, the participants’ HI attitudes positively correlated with their HI-related skills ( r = 0.47, p < 0.001). Because the attitudes ascended by grade (i.e. negative, moderate, and active), the HI-related evaluation, expression and comprehension, and seeking skills categories increased by 11%, 5.3%, and 8.4%, respectively. Conclusions: Although the chronic disease patients held explicit and active attitudes towards HI, their skills were unsatisfactory. Attitudes and skills, however, present a positive relationship. These results suggest that training in HI-related skills should be the main goal of health literacy promotion in patients who suffer from long-term chronic diseases, particularly elderly and undereducated patients. However, cultivating an active attitude towards HI is important to improve HI-related skills.

scholarly journals Systematic review and meta analysis of differential attrition between active and control arms in randomized controlled trials of lifestyle interventions in chronic disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bevens W ◽  
Shoushtari A ◽  
Jelinek P ◽  
Jelinek GA ◽  
Weiland TJ
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Lifestyle Interventions ◽  
And Control

Abstract Background Attrition is a major obstacle for lifestyle interventions sustained for the medium-to-long term and can have significant consequences on the internal validity of a trial. When the degree of attrition differs between active and control arms this is termed differential attrition and is an important consideration during initial stages of trial planning. Objectives The primary research question of this study was: what is the differential attrition between treatment arms in lifestyle interventions for prevalent chronic diseases? Methods We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 studies involving a lifestyle intervention component in cohorts with chronic diseases. The search accessed three databases: Scopus, Medline Ovid and Web of Science. Attrition between treatment arms was analysed using a random-effects model and examined the relationship between the relative attrition and potential moderators, such as time to final follow-up, time to first follow-up, type of disease, type of control, type of intervention and length of treatment. Results The pooled risk ratio was 1.00 (95% CI 0.97 – 1.03) and only one study fell outside this range. A univariable association was described between the pooled risk ration and length (years) to final follow-up, which did not remain in the multivariable model. Conclusions Ultimately, we found no evidence of differential attrition in medium-to-long term lifestyle intervention studies for chronic disease, increasing confidence in conducting such studies with minimal potential of attrition bias. Trial registration PROSPERO registration number CRD42018084495.

scholarly journals Long-term mortality in young and middle-aged adults hospitalised with chronic disease: a Danish cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e038131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Skajaa ◽  
Anne Gulbech Ording ◽  
Bianka Darvalics ◽  
Erzsebet Horvath-Puho ◽  
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
General Population ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Years Of Life Lost ◽  
Mortality Risks ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Psychiatric Conditions

ObjectivesTo examine the long-term outcomes for patients hospitalised with chronic diseases at age 30, 40 or 50 years.DesignNationwide, population-based cohort study.SettingAll Danish hospitals, 1979–1989, with follow-up through 2014.ParticipantsPatients hospitalised during the study period with one, two or three or more chronic diseases and age-matched and sex-matched persons from the general population without chronic disease leading to hospitalisation: age-30 group: 13 857 patients and 69 285 comparators; age-40 group: 24 129 patients and 120 645 comparators; and age-50 group, 37 807 patients and 189 035 comparators.Main outcome measuresTwenty-five-year mortality risks based on Kaplan-Meier estimates, years-of-life-lost (YLLs) and mortality rate ratios based on Cox regression analysis. YLLs were computed for each morbidity level, as well as in strata of income, employment, education and psychiatric conditions.ResultsTwenty-five-year mortality risks and YLLs increased steadily with increasing number of morbidities leading to hospitalisation and age, but the risk difference with general population comparators remained approximately constant across age cohorts. In the age-30 cohort, the risk differences for patients compared with comparators were 35.0% (95% CI 32.5 to 37.5) with two diseases and 62.5% (54.3% to 70.3%) with three or more diseases. In the age-50 cohort, these differences were, respectively, 48.4% (47.4 to 49.3) and 61.7% (60.1% to 63.0%). Increasing morbidity burden augmented YLLs resulting from low income, unemployment, low education level and psychiatric conditions. In the age-30 cohort, YYLs attributable to low income were 2.4 for patients with one disease, 6.2 for patients with two diseases and 11.5 for patients with three or more diseases.ConclusionsAmong patients with multiple chronic diseases, the risk of death increases steadily with the number of chronic diseases and with age. Multimorbidity augments the already increased mortality among patients with low socioeconomic status.

scholarly journals Long-term strict raw food diet is associated with favourable plasma β-carotene and low plasma lycopene concentrations in Germans

2008 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 1293-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ada L. Garcia ◽  
Corinna Koebnick ◽  
Peter C. Dagnelie ◽  
Carola Strassner ◽  
Ibrahim Elmadfa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Chronic Disease Prevention ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Dietary Vitamin ◽  
Vitamin A Status ◽  
Β Carotene

Dietary carotenoids are associated with a reduced risk of chronic diseases. Raw food diets are predominantly plant-based diets that are practised with the intention of preventing chronic diseases by virtue of their high content of beneficial nutritive substances such as carotenoids. However, the benefit of a long-term adherence to these diets is controversial since little is known about their adequacy. Therefore, we investigated vitamin A and carotenoid status and related food sources in raw food diet adherents in Germany. Dietary vitamin A, carotenoid intake, plasma retinol and plasma carotenoids were determined in 198 (ninety-two male and 106 female) strict raw food diet adherents in a cross-sectional study. Raw food diet adherents consumed on average 95 weight% of their total food intake as raw food (approximately 1800 g/d), mainly fruits. Raw food diet adherents had an intake of 1301 retinol activity equivalents/d and 16·7 mg/d carotenoids. Plasma vitamin A status was normal in 82 % of the subjects ( ≥ 1·05 μmol/l) and 63 % had β-carotene concentrations associated with chronic disease prevention ( ≥ 0·88 μmol/l). In 77 % of subjects the lycopene status was below the reference values for average healthy populations ( < 0·45 μmol/l). Fat contained in fruits, vegetables and nuts and oil consumption was a significant dietary determinant of plasma carotenoid concentrations (β-carotene r 0·284; P < 0·05; lycopene r 0·168; P = 0·024). Long-term raw food diet adherents showed normal vitamin A status and achieve favourable plasma β-carotene concentrations as recommended for chronic disease prevention, but showed low plasma lycopene levels. Plasma carotenoids in raw food adherents are predicted mainly by fat intake.

scholarly journals A Review of Yoga Programs for Four Leading Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyeongra Yang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Glucose Level ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
High Cholesterol ◽  
Common Risk Factors ◽  
High Glucose Level ◽  
Improve Health

Yoga, a form of physical activity, is rapidly gaining in popularity and has many health benefits. Yet healthcare providers have been slow to recognize yoga for its ability to improve health conditions, and few interventions have been developed that take full advantage of its benefits. The purpose of this article is to review published studies using yoga programs and to determine the effect of yoga interventions on common risk factors of chronic diseases (overweight, hypertension, high glucose level and high cholesterol). A systematic search yielded 32 articles published between 1980 and April 2007. The studies found that yoga interventions are generally effective in reducing body weight, blood pressure, glucose level and high cholesterol, but only a few studies examined long-term adherence. Additionally, not enough studies included diverse populations at high risk for diabetes and its related common health problems.

Nutrition, ageing, and longevity

2017 ◽  
pp. 1273-1280
Author(s):  
Tommy Cederholm ◽  
Mai-Lis Hellénius
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Antioxidant Compounds ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Mechanistic Studies ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Okinawa Island ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Disease States

Long-term food intake can have a profound impact on cellular and organ functions affecting the development of multiple chronic disease states as well as the rate of the ageing processes. Over the last two centuries, longevity of mankind has increased by two years per decade. Improved food habits are important contributing factors. Epidemiological, intervention and mechanistic studies (e.g. on traditional Mediterranean and Okinawa Island diets) provide a basis to recommend vegetables, legumes, fruits, non-tropical oils as basic fat, light meat (e.g. poultry) of moderate amounts, plenty of fish, and moderate beverage intakes of wine, coffee, and tea. Oxidative damage is suggested as one major reason for ageing. Healthy foods are often rich in antioxidant compounds, but there is no evidence that extra antioxidant supplementation has any beneficial effects.

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