Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy

Ilinca, Corina; Preda, Marian; Matei, Stefania; Cutler, Stephen J.; Tautu, Oana; Dorobantu, Maria

Corina Ilinca, Marian Preda, Stefania Matei, Stephen J. Cutler, Oana Tautu, Maria Dorobantu

Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy

Abstract:

Salt intake is one of the important predictors of hypertension, a widespread chronic disease among adults. Much remains to be known about its causes, especially in the Romanian context, where there is a scarcity of analyses on this particular topic. Its predictors are relevant for public policy in order to evaluate what strategy should be adopted given actual levels of salt intake and the way people think about their levels of salt intake. Our analyses focus on actual and perceived salt intake. Data for this analysis come from the SEPHAR project, gathered in 2016 (wave 3), a nationally representative sample of Romanians. After noting a major discrepancy between perceived and actual levels of salt intake, we used two regressions with actual and perceived salt intake as dependent variables and three types of factors as independent variables: socio-demographic (age, gender, region, type of locality, education), lifestyle (fat diet, alcohol consumption, active lifestyle, and smoking) and related diseases (obesity and diabetes). Results show Romanians have similar levels of salt intake perceptions independently of the characteristics considered, except fat diet and diabetes, and similar levels of actual salt intake except age and gender, even though previous research shows that there are differences between individuals across these characteristics when it comes to considering hypertension as a dependent variable. We conclude by noting policy interventions regarding salt intake based on the results of this research, especially the need to update the current Romanian TV campaign to reduce salt intake or similar campaigns from other countries.

Keywords:
Salt intake perceptions; actual salt intake; public policy; SEPHAR; regression

Issue: 2019, Volume 70, Issue 10

Pages: 3622-3626

Publication date: 2019/11/15

https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609

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ILINCA, C., PREDA, M., MATEI, S., CUTLER, S.J., TAUTU, O., DOROBANTU, M., Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy, Rev. Chim., 70(10), 2019, 3622-3626.

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Ilinca C, Preda M, Matei S, Cutler SJ, Tautu O, Dorobantu M. Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy. Rev. Chim.[internet]. 2019 Oct;70(10):3622-3626. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609

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Ilinca, C., Preda, M., Matei, S., Cutler, S.J., Tautu, O. & Dorobantu, M. (2019). Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy. Revista de Chimie, 70(10), 3622-3626. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609

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Ilinca, C., Preda, M., Matei, S., Cutler, S.J., Tautu, O., Dorobantu, M. (2019). 'Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy', Revista de Chimie, 70(10), pp. 3622-3626. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609

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C. Ilinca, M. Preda, S. Matei, S.J. Cutler, O. Tautu, M. Dorobantu, "Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy". Revista de Chimie, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 3622-3626, 2019. [online]. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609

Text
Corina Ilinca, Marian Preda, Stefania Matei, Stephen J. Cutler, Oana Tautu, Maria Dorobantu,
Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy,
Revista de Chimie,
Volume 70, Issue 10,
2019,
Pages 3622-3626,
ISSN 2668-8212,
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609.
(https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=7609)
Keywords: Salt intake perceptions; actual salt intake; public policy; SEPHAR; regression

RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy
A1 - Ilinca, Corina
A2 - Preda, Marian
A3 - Matei, Stefania
A4 - Cutler, Stephen J.
A5 - Tautu, Oana
A6 - Dorobantu, Maria
JF - Revista de Chimie
JO - Rev. Chim.
PB - Revista de Chimie SRL
SN - 2668-8212
Y1 - 2019
VL - 70
IS - 10
SP - 3622
EP - 3626
UR - https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609
KW - Salt intake perceptions
KW - actual salt intake
KW - public policy
KW - SEPHAR
KW - regression
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@article{RevCh2019P3622,
author = {Ilinca Corina and Preda Marian and Matei Stefania and Cutler Stephen J. and Tautu Oana and Dorobantu Maria},
title = {Predictors of Perceived Salt Intake and Actual Salt Intake in Romania. Implications for public policy},
journal = {Revista de Chimie},
volume = {70},
number = {10},
pages = {3622-3626},
year = {2019},
issn = {2668-8212},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.10.7609},
url = {https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=7609}
}

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