Software to record 24-hour food recall: application in the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Veiga, Gloria Valeria da¹  Kuschnir, Maria Cristina Caetano²  Pereira, Rosângela Alves¹  Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo¹  Barufaldi, Laura Augusta¹  Bloch, Katia Vergetti¹  Cunha, Diana Barbosa²  Sichieri, Rosely² 

[1] Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

关键词:  Program development;    Food consumption;    Adolescent;    Eating;    Software;    FeedingINTRODUCTIONThe objective of this communication is to describe the instrument developed to apply REC24h in ERICA and to report the results obtained in the pilot study;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1980-5497201600020020

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

:Introduction: The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) is a national multicenter study whose purpose is to describe the cardiovascular risk profile, including obesity, changes in lipid and glucose metabolism, and blood pressure, of about 75,000 Brazilian adolescents.Objective: To describe the development of a tool for data collection of 24-hour food recall (REC24h) in ERICA and to report its performance in the pilot study.Methods: The Multiple Pass Method was used for the development of the computer program that guides REC24h interview. REC24h-ERICA uses a database composed of 1,626 food items including preparation methods and units of predefined portion sizes. Food consumption data are obtained through interviews and entered directly into REC24h-ERICA, avoiding the use of paper.Results: The pilot study included 1,367 adolescents, of which 1,047 (77%) responded to REC24h. The researchers did not report difficulties in program use, the average duration of interviews was 20 minutes and the interviewers inserted 50 new food items.Conclusion: The program developed was proven suitable for use in large-population studies, even in a country like Brazil, where there is great diversity in eating habits.

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