Nutrition Education Impact on PLHIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial

A randomized controlled trial assessed the impact of a nutrition education intervention on 16 people living with HIV. The study measured nutritional knowledge, food consumption, energy expenditure, and body composition at baseline, 30 days, and 60 days. The dataset, published by E. Alana D. Fernandes on figshare in 2026, shows the intervention was effective in improving several outcomes after 60 days.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the effect of nutrition education on body fat percentage based on measurements taken at 30 and 60 days.
• Modeling changes in nutritional knowledge scores over time between intervention and control groups.
• Studying correlations between improved food consumption frequency and changes in body mass.
• Evaluating the longitudinal impact of health interventions on a specific patient population over a 60-day period.

Strengths

• Data originates from a structured randomized controlled clinical trial design.
• Includes longitudinal measurements at three time points: baseline, 30 days, and 60 days.
• Results show statistically significant differences (p-values provided) for key outcomes like nutritional knowledge and body fat.
• Dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small, with only 16 participants, limiting statistical power and generalizability.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The geographic and institutional context of the study population is unknown.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Collected via a randomized, controlled, unblinded clinical trial.

Time Range

Measurements taken at baseline, 30 days, and 60 days.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 05:57:16; freshness should be verified.