Validity and reliability of an FFQ for use with adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tang, Hong; Dibley, Michael J.; Sibbritt, David

doi:10.1017/s136898000999125x

Cited by 35 publications

(67 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…According to the score proposed by Serra-Majem et al (12) , the seventeen articles were ranked as follows: the study from Slater et al (26) was very good/excellent; twelve studies (1,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)23,27,29,31) were good; two studies (22,24) were acceptable/reasonable; and two studies (20,30) were poor. The quality assessment of the three studies that used methods other than the FFQ (21,25,28) resulted in one study being poor (20) and in two studies being acceptable/ reasonable (25,28) .…”

Section: Results Of the Study Quality Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The majority (n 17) (1,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(22)(23)(24)26,27,(29)(30)(31) of them were identified as studies assessing the validation and reproducibility of FFQ against reference dietary instruments (Table 2), while the remaining three studies considered questionnaires other than FFQ analysed for their validity and reproducibility against different reference methods (21,25,28) ( Table 3). …”

Section: Original Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The outcome in some cases included the values of validity and reproducibility of the instrument to assess both food and nutrient intakes (16,17,25,(28)(29)(30) , while some studies considered only the food intake (18,(20)(21)27) and some others only the nutrient intake (1,(13)(14)(15)19,(22)(23)(24)26,31) .…”

Section: Original Articlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The fourteen studies that translated food intakes into nutrient intakes (1,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)19,(22)(23)(24)26,(29)(30)(31) used national or other types of food composition databases, thus resulting in a wide heterogeneity of databases.…”

Section: Ffq Analysed By Their Intrinsic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In most cases, the number of categories used for calculating kappa statistics to compare classification of nutrient data varied from two to five (37,38) . In the validation studies of dietary intake considered, quintiles were used in the calculation of kappa statistics (19,31) . The mean agreement % and the LOA %, sometimes regressed with the Bland-Altman plot (39,40) , were used in twelve studies (1,(13)(14)(15)(16)(18)(19)(20)24,27,29,31) .…”

Section: Ffq Analysed By the Validation Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Validation and reproducibility of dietary assessment methods in adolescents: a systematic literature review

Tabacchi

Amodio

Pasquale

et al. 2013

Public Health Nutr.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: The aim of the present work was to determine what dietary assessment method can provide a valid and accurate estimate of nutrient intake by comparison with the gold standard. Design: A MEDLINE, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, Cochrane and related references literature review was conducted on dietary assessment methods for adolescents reporting the validity and/or reproducibility values. A study quality assessment on the retrieved FFQ was carried out according to two different scoring systems, judging respectively the quality of FFQ nutrition information and of FFQ validation and calibration. Setting: The present review considered adolescents attending high schools and recruited in hospitals or at home. Subjects: The target of the review was the healthy adolescent population in the age range 13-17 years. Results: Thirty-two eligible papers were included and analysed separately as 'original articles' (n 20) and 'reviews' (n 12). The majority (n 17) assessed the validation and reproducibility of FFQ. Almost all studies found the questionnaires to be valid and reproducible (r . 0?4), except for some food groups and nutrients. Different design and validation issues were highlighted, such as portion-size estimation, number of food items and statistics used. Conclusions: The present review offers new insights in relation to the characteristics of assessment methods for dietary intake in adolescents. Further meta-analysis is required although the current review provides important indications on the development of a new FFQ, addressing the need for a valid, reproducible, userfriendly, cost-effective method of accurately assessing nutrient intakes in adolescents. Keywords Dietary assessment Adolescents Validation ReproducibilityAdolescence is a critical period that is characterized by cognitive, emotional and social development and exposure to a significant turnover in lifestyle, including food intake and diet habits. Irregular meals, snacking and meal skipping, which characterize teenagers, often do not allow an accurate dietary assessment (1) and therefore the need to develop valid and reproducible instruments for this purpose is increasing. Different dietary assessment methods among adolescents have been extensively described and validated, such as food records (FR), FFQ, diet histories (DH) and 24 h recalls (24-HR). The FR is not used in large population studies for several reasons (2) : it can be quite expensive; it requires the participant to be literate and motivated; it involves trained staff; and it needs a computerized program specific to recording diet records. Thus, the FR is preferably used at the individual level and is generally considered a good reference instrument against which to validate other dietary methods to be used at the large population level, together with biomarker measurements (3) . The most used dietary assessment methods for large-scale surveys are therefore FFQ, 24-HR and DH, which present advantages such as cost-effectiveness, although they are affected by weaknesses (4,5) ...

show abstract