Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and Reproducibility
Background: The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) is usually used in epidemiological studies to assess food consumption. However, the FFQ must have good accuracy, requiring its validation and reproducibility for the target population. Thus, this study aimed to describe the construction of the onlin...
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doaj-ac57e286cf884285936e6e02ef7811792021-09-23T05:36:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2021-09-01810.3389/fnut.2021.709915709915Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and ReproducibilityHeloísa Gambarelli de Araújo Azarias0José Luiz Marques-Rocha1José Luiz Marques-Rocha2Aline Elizabeth da Silva Miranda3Luana Caroline dos Santos4Ana Luíza Gomes Domingos5Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff6Josefina Bressan7Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira8Arieta Carla Gualandi Leal9Adriano Marçal Pimenta10Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BrazilPostgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BrazilDepartment of Integrated Education of Health, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, BrazilPostgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BrazilDepartment of Nutrition, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BrazilPostgraduate Program in Nutritional Science, Department of Nutrition and Health, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, BrazilDepartment of Nutrition and Health, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, BrazilDepartment of Nutrition and Health, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, BrazilDepartment of Statistics, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, BrazilPostgraduate Program in Nutritional Science, Department of Nutrition and Health, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, BrazilDepartment of Maternal and Child Nursing and Public Health, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BrazilBackground: The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) is usually used in epidemiological studies to assess food consumption. However, the FFQ must have good accuracy, requiring its validation and reproducibility for the target population. Thus, this study aimed to describe the construction of the online Food Frequency Questionnaire (oFFQ) used at the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME project, Brazil) and evaluate its validity and reproducibility.Methods: The oFFQ was answered two times in 1 year (March/August 2018—March/April 2019; n = 108 participants—reproducibility), and four 24-h dietary recalls (24hRs) were applied in two seasons of the southern hemisphere [two 24hRs in autumn (March/June 2018) and two 24hRs in winter (August/September 2018); n = 146 participants—validity]. To assess the validity and reproducibility, the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were estimated.Results: The oFFQ had 144 food items separated into eight groups (dairy products; meat and fish; cereals and legumes; fruits; vegetables; fats and oils; drinks; other foods). In assessing the validity, ICCs for energy and macronutrients were considered moderate, ranging from 0.41 (energy) to 0.59 (protein), while the ICCs for micronutrients were considered low to moderate, ranging from 0.25 (fibers) to 0.65 (vitamin B6). Regarding reproducibility assessment, ICCs for energy and all the assessed items were considered moderate to excellent, ranging from 0.60 (vegetables) to 0.91 (vitamin E and retinol).Conclusions: The self-reported oFFQ had satisfactory validity and reproducibility. So, it can be used to analyze the association between food consumption and chronic diseases in the participants of the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME project—Brazil).https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.709915/fullreproducibility of resultsvalidation studiessurveys and questionnairesfood frequency questionnaireinternet |
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Heloísa Gambarelli de Araújo Azarias José Luiz Marques-Rocha José Luiz Marques-Rocha Aline Elizabeth da Silva Miranda Luana Caroline dos Santos Ana Luíza Gomes Domingos Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff Josefina Bressan Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira Arieta Carla Gualandi Leal Adriano Marçal Pimenta Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and Reproducibility Frontiers in Nutrition reproducibility of results validation studies surveys and questionnaires food frequency questionnaire internet |
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Heloísa Gambarelli de Araújo Azarias José Luiz Marques-Rocha José Luiz Marques-Rocha Aline Elizabeth da Silva Miranda Luana Caroline dos Santos Ana Luíza Gomes Domingos Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff Josefina Bressan Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira Arieta Carla Gualandi Leal Adriano Marçal Pimenta |
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Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and Reproducibility |
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Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and Reproducibility |
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Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and Reproducibility |
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Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and Reproducibility |
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Online Food Frequency Questionnaire From the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project, Brazil): Construction, Validity, and Reproducibility |
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online food frequency questionnaire from the cohort of universities of minas gerais (cume project, brazil): construction, validity, and reproducibility |
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Background: The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) is usually used in epidemiological studies to assess food consumption. However, the FFQ must have good accuracy, requiring its validation and reproducibility for the target population. Thus, this study aimed to describe the construction of the online Food Frequency Questionnaire (oFFQ) used at the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME project, Brazil) and evaluate its validity and reproducibility.Methods: The oFFQ was answered two times in 1 year (March/August 2018—March/April 2019; n = 108 participants—reproducibility), and four 24-h dietary recalls (24hRs) were applied in two seasons of the southern hemisphere [two 24hRs in autumn (March/June 2018) and two 24hRs in winter (August/September 2018); n = 146 participants—validity]. To assess the validity and reproducibility, the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were estimated.Results: The oFFQ had 144 food items separated into eight groups (dairy products; meat and fish; cereals and legumes; fruits; vegetables; fats and oils; drinks; other foods). In assessing the validity, ICCs for energy and macronutrients were considered moderate, ranging from 0.41 (energy) to 0.59 (protein), while the ICCs for micronutrients were considered low to moderate, ranging from 0.25 (fibers) to 0.65 (vitamin B6). Regarding reproducibility assessment, ICCs for energy and all the assessed items were considered moderate to excellent, ranging from 0.60 (vegetables) to 0.91 (vitamin E and retinol).Conclusions: The self-reported oFFQ had satisfactory validity and reproducibility. So, it can be used to analyze the association between food consumption and chronic diseases in the participants of the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME project—Brazil). |
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