scholarly journals Relative Validity of a Short 15-Item Food Frequency Questionnaire Measuring Dietary Quality, by the Diet History Method

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 3754
Author(s):  
Elisabet Rothenberg ◽  
Elisabeth Strandhagen ◽  
Jessica Samuelsson ◽  
Felicia Ahlner ◽  
Therese Rydberg Sterner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Dietary Quality ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
High Agreement ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Diet History

Food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) are commonly used dietary assessment tools. The aim was to assess the relative validity of a 15-item FFQ, designed for the screening of poor dietary patterns with a validated diet history (DH). The study population was derived from the Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies. The DH registrations were harmonized in accordance with the FFQ frequencies. The agreement was assessed by Cohen’s kappa with corresponding confidence intervals (CI) for the frequency and categorical variables. Bland–Altman plots were used for the numeric variables. The study comprised data from 848 individuals (55.2% women). Overall, there was high agreement between the methods, with the exact and adjacent level of agreement over 80% for eight variables. The proportion attributed to the opposite frequency was fairly low for most of the frequency variables. Most of the kappa values were in fair or moderate agreement. The highest kappa values were calculated for the type of cooking fat (k = 0.68, CI = 0.63–0.72) and sandwich spread (k = 0.55, CI = 0.49–0.53), and the lowest for type of bread (0.13, CI = 0.07–0.20) and sweets (0.22 CI = 0.18–0.27). In conclusion, the FFQ showed overall good agreement compared with the DH. We, therefore, think it, with some improvements, could serve as a simple screening tool for poor dietary patterns.

scholarly journals Relative Validity of an Online Herb and Spice Consumption Questionnaire

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Blanton
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Black Pepper ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Food Records ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History ◽  
Culinary Herbs ◽  
Validation Testing

Culinary herbs and spices contribute bioactives to the diet, which act to reduce systemic inflammation and associated disease. Investigating the health effects of herb/spice consumption is hampered, however, by a scarcity of dietary assessment tools designed to collect herb/spice data. The objective of this study was to determine the relative validity of an online 28-item herb/spices intake questionnaire (HSQ). In randomized order, 62 volunteers residing in Idaho, USA, completed the online Diet History Questionnaire III + the HSQ followed one week later by one of two comparative methods: 7-day food records or three telephone-administered 24-h dietary recalls. Relative validity of the HSQ was tested two ways: (1) by comparing herb/spice intakes between the HSQ and comparator, and (2) by determining the correlation between herb/spice data and Healthy Eating Index 2015 score. The HSQ and both comparators identified black pepper, cinnamon and garlic powder as the three most commonly used herbs/spices. The HSQ captured significantly higher measures of the number and amount of herbs/spices consumed than the comparators. The number of herbs/spices consumed was significantly directly correlated with diet quality for the HSQ. These results support the ability of the HSQ to record general herb/spice use, yet suggest that further validation testing is needed.

scholarly journals Relative validity of dietary patterns derived from a self-administered diet history questionnaire using factor analysis among Japanese adults

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1080-1089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitomi Okubo ◽  
Kentaro Murakami ◽  
Satoshi Sasaki ◽  
Mi Kyung Kim ◽  
Naoko Hirota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Japanese Adults ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History

AbstractObjectiveAlthough dietary pattern approaches derived from dietary assessment questionnaires are widely used, only a few studies in Western countries have reported the validity of this approach. We examined the relative validity of dietary patterns derived from a self-administered diet history questionnaire (DHQ) among Japanese adults.DesignThe DHQ, assessing diet during the preceding month, and 4 d dietary records (DR) were collected in each season over one year. To derive dietary patterns, 145 food items in the DHQ and 1259 in the DR were classified into thirty-three predefined food groups, and entered into a factor analysis.SettingThree areas in Japan; Osaka (urban), Nagano (rural inland) and Tottori (rural coastal).SubjectsA total of ninety-two Japanese women and ninety-two Japanese men aged 31–76 years.ResultsWe identified three dietary patterns (‘healthy’, ‘Western’ and ‘Japanese traditional’) in women and two (‘healthy’ and ‘Western’) in men, which showed a relatively similar direction and magnitude of factor loadings of food groups across the first and mean of four DHQ (DHQ1 and mDHQ, respectively) and 16 d DR. The Pearson correlation coefficients between DHQ1 and 16 d DR for the healthy, Western and Japanese traditional patterns in women were 0·57, 0·36 and 0·44, and for the healthy and Western patterns in men were 0·62 and 0·56, respectively. When mDHQ was examined, the correlation coefficients improved for women (0·45–0·69).ConclusionsDietary patterns derived from the DHQ could be used for epidemiological studies as surrogates of those derived from DR.

Cultural Relevance of a Fruit and Vegetable Food Frequency Questionnaire

2005 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Paisley ◽  
Marlene Greenberg ◽  
Jess Haines
Keyword(s):  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Vegetable Food ◽  
Nutrition Research

Purpose: Canada’s multicultural population poses challenges for culturally competent nutrition research and practice. In this qualitative study, the cultural relevance of a widely used semiquantitative fruit and vegetable food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was examined among convenience samples of adults from Toronto’s Cantonese-, Mandarin-, Portuguese-, and Vietnamesespeaking communities. Methods: Eighty-nine participants were recruited through community-based organizations, programs, and advertisements to participate in semi-structured interviews moderated in their native language. Data from the interviews were translated into English and transcribed for analysis using the constant comparative approach. Results: Four main themes emerged from the analysis: the cultural relevance of the foods listed on the FFQ, words with multiple meanings, the need for culturally appropriate portionsize prompts, and the telephone survey as a Western concept. Conclusions: This research highlights the importance of investing resources to develop culturally relevant dietary assessment tools that ensure dietary assessment accuracy and, more important, reduce ethnocentric biases in food and nutrition research and practice. The transferability of findings must be established through further research.

scholarly journals Reproducibility and relative validity of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for the Chinese lactating mothers

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Ding ◽  
Fang Li ◽  
Ping Hu ◽  
Mei Ye ◽  
Fangping Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Lactating Mothers ◽  
Dietary Record ◽  
Spearman’S Correlation

Abstract Background The dietary nutritional status of the lactating mothers is related to maternal health and has a significant impact on the growth and development of infants through the secretion of breast milk. The food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is the most cost-effective dietary assessment method that can help obtain information on the usual dietary pattern of participants. Until now, the FFQs have been used for different populations in China, but there are few FFQs available for the lactating mothers. We aimed to develop a semi-quantitative, 156-item FFQ for the Chinese lactating mothers, and evaluate its reproducibility and relative validity. Methods A total of 112 lactating mothers completed two FFQs and one 3-d dietary record (3DR). The first FFQ (FFQ1) was conducted during postpartum at 60–65 days and the second FFQ (FFQ2) during subsequent follow-up at 5 weeks. The 3DR was completed with portion sizes assessed using photographs taken by the respondent before and after eating (instant photography) 1 week after FFQ1. Results For reproducibility, the Spearman’s correlation coefficients for food ranged from 0.34 to 0.68, and for nutrients from 0.25 to 0.61. Meanwhile, the intra-class correlation coefficients for food ranged from 0.48 to 0.87, and for nutrients from 0.27 to 0.70. For relative validity, the Spearman’s correlation coefficients for food ranged from 0.32 to 0.56, and for nutrients from 0.23 to 0.72. The energy-adjusted coefficients for food ranged from 0.26 to 0.55, and for nutrients from 0.22 to 0.47. Moreover, the de-attenuation coefficients for food ranged from 0.34 to 0.67, and for nutrients from 0.28 to 0.77. The Bland-Altman plots also showed reasonably acceptable agreement between the two methods. Conclusions This FFQ is a reasonably reproducible and a relative valid tool for assessing dietary intake of the Chinese lactating mothers.

scholarly journals Comparison of a web-based food record tool and a food-frequency questionnaire and objective validation using the doubly labelled water technique in a Swedish middle-aged population

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Nybacka ◽  
Heléne Bertéus Forslund ◽  
Elisabet Wirfält ◽  
Ingrid Larsson ◽  
Ulrika Ericson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Intake ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Food Record ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Doubly Labelled Water ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Food Frequency

AbstractTwo web-based dietary assessment tools have been developed for use in large-scale studies: the Riksmaten method (4-d food record) and MiniMeal-Q (food-frequency method). The aim of the present study was to examine the ability of these methods to capture energy intake against objectively measured total energy expenditure (TEE) with the doubly labelled water technique (TEEDLW), and to compare reported energy and macronutrient intake. This study was conducted within the pilot study of the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS), which included 1111 randomly selected men and women aged 50–64 years from the Gothenburg general population. Of these, 200 were enrolled in the SCAPIS diet substudy. TEEDLW was measured in a subsample (n 40). Compared with TEEDLW, both methods underestimated energy intake: −2·5 (sd  2·9) MJ with the Riksmaten method; −2·3 (sd 3·6) MJ with MiniMeal-Q. Mean reporting accuracy was 80 and 82 %, respectively. The correlation between reported energy intake and TEEDLW was r 0·4 for the Riksmaten method (P < 0·05) and r 0·28 (non-significant) for MiniMeal-Q. Women reported similar average intake of energy and macronutrients in both methods whereas men reported higher intakes with the Riksmaten method. Energy-adjusted correlations ranged from 0·14 (polyunsaturated fat) to 0·77 (alcohol). Bland–Altman plots showed acceptable agreement for energy and energy-adjusted protein and carbohydrate intake, whereas the agreement for fat intake was poorer. According to energy intake data, both methods displayed similar precision on energy intake reporting. However, MiniMeal-Q was less successful in ranking individuals than the Riksmaten method. The development of methods to achieve limited under-reporting is a major challenge for future research.

scholarly journals Relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire to identify dietary patterns in an adult Mexican population

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez ◽  
Katherine L Tucker ◽  
Jorge Salmerón ◽  
Mario Flores ◽  
Simón Barquera
Keyword(s):  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Mexican Population ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Relative Validity

Relative Validity and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Identifying the Dietary Patterns of Toddlers in New Zealand

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia C. Mills ◽  
Paula M.L. Skidmore ◽  
Emily O. Watson ◽  
Rachael W. Taylor ◽  
Elizabeth A. Fleming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Relative Validity

scholarly journals Diet assessment in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): Development of a food frequency questionnaire

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina ◽  
Carolina Perim de Faria ◽  
Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso ◽  
Michele Drehmer ◽  
Jorge Gustavo Velasquez-Meléndez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Dietary Analysis ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Diet Assessment

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to present the development of the Food Frequency Questionaire used in the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil and analyze how diet exposes individuals to cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes Mellitus. METHODS: The Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil dietary assessment instrument is based on a previously validated Food Frequency Questionaire and the final list of items took into consideration a study done in the six Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil investigation centers. RESULTS: New foods/preparations were included in the Food Frequency Questionaire with their respective portions, totaling 114 items. The perspectives of dietary analysis and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are presented in Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil. CONCLUSION: A new instrument was developed to cover the regional particularities of the study population.

scholarly journals Empirically derived dietary patterns and constipation among a middle-aged population from China, 2016–2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Ai-Ping Huang ◽  
Li-Qin Wang ◽  
Xiao-Long Yu
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Rome Ii Criteria ◽  
Southern Chinese ◽  
Confounding Variables ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background The association of dietary patterns with constipation is not well established, particularly in Chinese population. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the relationship between dietary patterns and the risk of constipation in a middle-aged Chinese population. Methods A total of 2267 participants aged 45–59 years were recruited in Hangzhou city, the capital of Zhejiang Province, east China from August 2016 to October 2018. Dietary intake was estimated using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) containing 138 food items. Constipation was defined using the Rome II criteria. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between dietary patterns and the risk of constipation. Results Three major dietary patterns were extracted by factor analysis and labeled as the traditional southern Chinese, Western and grains-vegetables patterns. The prevalence of constipation in our study population was 13.28%. Compared with the participants in the lowest quartile, the participants in the highest quartile of the traditional southern Chinese pattern were associated with reduced odds of constipation (odd ratios (OR) = 0.79; 95%confidence interval (CI): 0.626–0.981; P < 0.05), after adjusting for confounding variables. In contrast, we found no significant associations between the Western and grains-vegetables patterns and the risk of constipation (P > 0.05). Conclusions Our study demonstrated that the traditional southern Chinese pattern was associated with a reduced risk of constipation. Further longitudinal studies are needed to confirm our findings.

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