Feasibility of innovative dietary assessment in epidemiological studies using the approach of combining different assessment instruments

Abstract

The present study supports the feasibility of a combined application of three 24-HDR and an FPQ in culturally different populations. The varying acceptance of the web-based instrument across populations requires a flexible application of assessment instruments.

Formative evaluation of the usability and acceptability of myfood24 among adolescents: a UK online dietary assessments tool

“…Using new technology in health education and dietary assessment methods is in its infancy, therefore information regarding the process of developing and testing such tools is limited [18]. Successful web-based dietary assessment software needs to be intuitive, simple and engaging for users [2].…”

The golden years of Norwegian epidemiology

“…sausages) was associated with increased risk of proximal colon, distal colon and rectal cancer (16). The study provides unique possibilities to assess the effect of screening for breast cancer, and to explore the efficacy of different survey assays (17,18). A primary emphasis is placed on lifestyle factors such as diet and leisure time physical activity (19,20).…”

Automation of Food Questionnaires in Medical Studies: A state-of-the-art review and future prospects

“…The significance of the research works that use Web-based food frequency questionnaires has increased in the last few years [6,23,24,26,29,30] and the validity and reproducibility of Web-based FFQs has also been evaluated [22,25,27,28].…”

“…the Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ) [54] funded by the American National Can- [30] in combination with three telephone-administered 24HDRs for comparing participation rates, acceptance of the instruments and data provided by Web analysis, etc. …”

“…FFQs [22,6,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30], online 24 hour dietary recalls [8,31,32,33,34] and combinations of both FFQs and 24HDRs [35,36,37,38]. A few similar reviews or states-of-the-art are found in the literature [39,40,1,41].…”