Factors affecting reductions in dietary salt consumption in people of Chinese descent: An integrative review.

Eleven of 14 studies were cross-sectional, two were experimental and one was qualitative. Only one qualitative study was included, so motivations and lived experience may be under-represented. Some Chinese publications may not have been found because the authors relied on English resources and were not familiar with some Chinese keywords. Some studies relied on self-report or household salt measurement, so individual intake and attitudes may be inaccurate. Only 560 of the 48,403 participants lived in Western countries, so migrant-specific issues may be thinly represented. The review reported ages from 18 to 65 years, so people older than 65 were not represented.

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Do not conclude that more salt education will reduce dietary salt intake in Chinese-background patients. The review found low knowledge and barriers such as taste, measuring salt and family disagreement; one family-based study reported salt intake returned to baseline after three months.