Short Dietary Questionnaire Research Articles

Validation of a Short Dietary Assessment Questionnaire: The Rapid Eating and Activity Assessment for Participants Short Version (REAP-S)

Validation of a Short Dietary Assessment Questionnaire: The Rapid Eating and Activity Assessment for Participants Short Version (REAP-S)

Development of a short dietary intake questionnaire for the quantitative estimation of adherence to a cardioprotective Mediterranean diet.

Our objective was to develop a short questionnaire that can be easily used to estimate quantitatively the level of adherence to cardioprotective Mediterranean diets. The short questionnaire assessed the consumption of cardioprotective elements included in the Mediterranean diet (olive oil, wine, fruits, vegetables, fish, legumes and whole-grain intake). A low consumption of meat or meat-products was also included in the composite score. The relative risk of myocardial infarction for each category of the composite score obtained (range 0-9) was computed using data from a case-control study that included 171 cases of first myocardial infarction and 171 matched controls. We found an adjusted odds ratio=0.18 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.03-0.97; P=0.04) for those scoring 7-9 points when comparing them with those scoring 1-2 points. An increment of one point in the score was associated with an 18% reduction in the relative risk of myocardial infarction (P=0.05).

Does using a short dietary questionnaire instead of a food frequency improve response rates to a health assessment survey?

Does using a short dietary questionnaire instead of a food frequency improve response rates to a health assessment survey?

Predictive value of a short dietary questionnaire for changes in serum lipids in high-risk Utah families

Dietary questionnaires and serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol determinations were completed for 1239 subjects aged greater than or equal to 20 at each of two separate screenings. The mean time between screenings was 2.5 y. After correcting for potential confounding variables, reduction of a measure of dietary cholesterol and saturated fatty acids assessed by two simple questions was a significant independent predictor of reduction in total cholesterol in serum (p less than 0.005). Initial body mass index (BMI) and change in BMI were highly significant predictors of initial values and changes in total cholesterol, triglycerides, and HDL cholesterol in serum. Reduction of dietary saturated fatty acid and cholesterol was significantly correlated with initial serum cholesterol levels, which suggest that serum cholesterol screening may be an important motivating factor for dietary change. Important public health and research implications of these findings are discussed.

Assessment of sodium intake by a short dietary questionnaire.

The aim of the study was to develop a short questionnaire for classifying persons according to their use of salt in public health work. After pretesting the questionnaire it was modified to measure the saltiness of diet. It consisted of five questions concerning certain salting habits and self-rating of salt use, and the frequency of use of seven salty food items. The questionnaire was completed by 1471 persons aged 14 to 65 who also collected one 24-hour urine sample. A sum index of all the questions was formed and called the Salt Index (SI). The correlation between the 24-hour urinary sodium excretion and SI was 0.18 in men and 0.20 in women (both significant at p less than 0.001). Men and women were classified into three groups according to their SI: low representing the lowest quintile, high representing the highest and medium containing all the other quintiles. The mean 24-hour urinary sodium excretion was lowest in the low SI-category and highest in the high SI-category in both men and women. The subjects were further divided into light and heavy workers on the basis of their occupation. In this analysis the effect of both energy intake and the saltiness of the diet indicated by SI were clearly distinguished. Women doing light work and having a low SI had the lowest sodium excretion value, 148 mmol/day, and men doing heavy work and having a high SI had the highest, 260 mmol/day.

Assessment of a short dietary method for a prospective study on cancer1–2

This study was a trial to develop a short dietary questionnaire for estimating individual calorie and nutrient intakes among Japanese-American women in Hawaii participating in a prospective cancer study. One hundred five women recorded 4-day measured food records, and their average individual daily intakes of calories, protein, fat, carbohydrate, saturated fat, and cholesterol were computed. Individual food items of the 105 records were grouped according to common food categories and types of usage. The amount and frequency of use, and the average serving weights of the food groups were then calculated. Fifty food groups were selected for stepwise regression analyses of the individual nutrient intakes on the daily frequencies of the recorded items. Regression equations for each nutrient were computed from the 4-day records of 53 women and validated against the known intakes of the remaining 52 participants. The equations yielded high multiple R's and, except for protein and carbohydrate, there was reasonable agreement between the mean observed and predicted intakes of the 52 women. However, the coefficients of determination of the observed and predicted intakes of the 52 women revealed considerable unexplained variation. Before designing a questionnaire, further studies are needed to develop and validate a precise short method for estimating individual nutrient intakes in large prospective studies.