The web-based ASSO-food frequency questionnaire for adolescents: relative and absolute reproducibility assessment

Nutrition Journal

Garden Tabacchi³  Caterina Mammina³  Laura Censi²  Monèm Jemni¹  Antonino Bianco⁵  João Breda⁴  Giuseppe Napoli³  Emanuele Amodio³  Anna Rita Filippi³ 

[1] School of Science, University of Greenwich, Centre for Sport and Human Performance, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK;Agricultural Research Council, Food and Nutrition Research Centre (CRA-NUT), Via Ardeatina, 546, 00178 Rome, Italy;Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother Child Care "G. D’Alessandro", University of Palermo Via Del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy;Division of Non-communicable Diseases and Life-Course, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK - 2100, Copenhagen;Sport and Exercise Sciences Unit, University of Palermo, Via E. Duse, 2, 90146 Palermo, Italy

关键词: Intake;    Nutrient;    Adolescent;    Reproducibility;    Food frequency questionnaire;   

Others  :  1132388
DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2891-13-119

 received in 2014-09-08, accepted in 2014-12-12,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

A new food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) has been recently developed within the Italian Adolescents and Surveillance System for the Obesity prevention (ASSO) Project; it was found to be appropriate for ranking adolescents in food and nutrient levels of intake. The aim of this study was to assess the relative and absolute reproducibility of the ASSO-FFQ for 24 food groups, energy and 52 nutrients.

Methods

A test-retest study was performed on two ASSO-FFQs administered one month apart of each other to 185 adolescents, aged 14–17 and attending secondary schools in Palermo (Italy). Wilcoxon test assessed differences in median daily intakes between the two FFQs. Agreement was evaluated by quintiles comparison and weighted kappa. Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) and Bland-Altman method assessed the relative and absolute reliability respectively.

Results

Significant difference (p < 0.05) in median intakes was found only for bread substitutes, savoury food, water, soft drinks, carbohydrates and sugar. The subjects classified into the same or adjacent quintiles for food groups ranged from 62% (white bread) to 91% (soft drinks); for energy and nutrients from 64% (polyunsaturated fatty acids) to 90% (ethanol). Mean values of weighted kappa were 0.47 and 0.48, respectively for food groups and nutrients. Fair to good ICC values (>0.40) were assessed for thirteen food groups, energy and forty-three nutrients. Limits of Agreement were narrow for almost all food groups and all nutrients.

Conclusions

The ASSO-FFQ is a reliable instrument for estimating food groups, energy and nutrients intake in adolescents.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Filippi et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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