Reliability and Validity of Simple Stroke Food Frequency Questionnaire (SS-FFQ) for Nutrition Monitoring in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

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Objectives  Standard dietary questionnaires may have some limitations in cases with stroke, particularly in those suffering from language and communication difficulties. The present study aimed to develop a dietary questionnaire appropriate for patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Materials and Methods  Major food groups ( n = 19) were first identified using the dietary questionnaire of the INTERHEART study. Using the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), an expert dietitian and a vascular neurologist then selected a total number of 68 corresponding food items from 168 available FFQ items. In the next phase, a panel of expert dietitians ( n = 10) assessed the face validity and the content validity of these 68 items and approved a total number of 62 items for the final questionnaire, namely, the Simple Stroke FFQ (SS-FFQ). Employing test-retest method, the intraclass correlation (ICC) of the SS-FFQ was subsequently calculated in 30 randomly selected cases affected with AIS. Ultimately, principal component analysis (PCA) was utilized for 153 cases with AIS to assess the construct validity of the questionnaire concerned. The SPSS Statistics software (version 18: SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, United States) as well as descriptive tests including mean and percentage were additionally used to account for the baseline characteristics of the study participants. Results  The results revealed that the reliability of the newly developed form of the SS-FFQ was perfect (ICC = 0.86). Dietary conditions were further assessed administering the SS-FFQ on 153 cases of AIS with the mean age of 63.76 ± 15.93 years. The PCA results also showed that 15 extracted items of the given questionnaire could explain 73.10% of total item variance. Conclusions  It was concluded that the SS-FFQ was a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess nutrient intakes among patients with AIS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of neurosciences in rural practice - 12(2021), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 51-59

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tabrizi, Reza [VerfasserIn]
Borhani-Haghighi, Afshin [VerfasserIn]
Lankarani, Kamran B [VerfasserIn]
Keshani, Parisa [VerfasserIn]
Heydari, Seyed Taghi [VerfasserIn]
Keshavarz, Pedram [VerfasserIn]
Azarpazhooh, M Reza [VerfasserIn]

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Dietary questionnaire
Food Frequency Questionnaire
Ischemic stroke
Journal Article
Reliability
Validity

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Date Revised 06.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1055/s-0040-1718843

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320926087