Development and validation of a nutritional questionnaire for the Palestine populationShow others and affiliations
2014 (English)In: Public Health Nutrition, ISSN 1368-9800, E-ISSN 1475-2727, Vol. 17, no 11, p. 2512-2518Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objective: Dietary habits vary widely among regions and cultural groups, and FFQ need to be designed for specific populations. The objectives of the present study were to develop and test the repeatability and relative validity of a medium-length semi-quantitative FFQ for measuring the energy and macronutrient intakes of a specific population and to contribute a methodological framework for this procedure.
Setting: Palestinian families in the Hebron area.
Design: After a preliminary survey of a subgroup of homemakers using 3 d diet recall, stepwise multiple regression analysis was used for selected nutrients to choose foods for inclusion in the FFQ.
Subjects: The FFQ was administered to a study population of 169 women representing the same number of families.
Results: The Wilcoxon test and Bland-Altman plots were used to compare the FFQ results with the mean 3 d diet recall results. A high level of concordance was found, validating the FFQ. In this population, the mean consumption of SFA was above recommendations and the intakes of vitamin D, folic acid, Ca, Fe and K were deficient.
Conclusions: The availability of diet assessment instruments designed for specific populations and cultures is of immense value to researchers and policy makers. The study describes a simple and effective method to develop and validate an FFQ for a given population of interest.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. Vol. 17, no 11, p. 2512-2518
Keywords [en]
FFQ, Palestinian families, Nutritional questionnaire validation
National Category
Nutrition and Dietetics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-46644DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002711ISI: 000344544600016PubMedID: 24129027Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84910679883OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-46644DiVA, id: diva2:872698
2015-11-192015-11-192018-09-12Bibliographically approved