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Publication Date
11-29-2022
Journal
Nutrients
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to validate the School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) for Mexican American adults (SPAN MAA). Methods: A sample of 100 Mexican American adult participants was drawn from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (on the Texas–Mexico border). We used Spearman rank order correlation coefficients, kappa statistics, and percent agreement to compare the SPAN MAA questionnaire to a 24 h recall collected on the same day. Results: Of 100 participants, 93 were included in the analyses. One item showed substantial (>0.6), five items moderate (>0.4), five items fair (>0.2) and three items little to no agreement (<0.2). Items with low agreement were those reported in low frequencies by study participants. Conclusions: SPAN MAA FFQ had moderate to fair agreement between instruments across both sexes, making this brief questionnaire a useful tool to quickly assess the dietary intake patterns of Mexican American adults.
Keywords
Male, Adult, Female, Humans, Mexican Americans, Diet, Reproducibility of Results, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mental Recall, Diet Surveys, Diet Records, dietary survey, Mexican American, Hispanic, validation, food frequency questionnaire, 24 h recall
DOI
10.3390/nu14235075
PMID
36501105
PMCID
PMC9740338
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
11-29-2022
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Published Open-Access
yes
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