Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian adolescents
Introduction Night Eating Syndrome (NES) is characterized by a delay in the circadian rhythm of food intake and affects 1.5% of the general population, occurring more frequently in obese people. The Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) was originally developed for the American ad...
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doaj-b661b55a871244dd8b4ef4ff13b2ad762020-11-25T03:04:12ZengBrazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep Societies Sleep Science1984-06591984-00632020-04-0113210310610.5935/1984-0063.20200002Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian adolescentsFrancisco Girleudo Coutinho da Silva0Thisciane Ferreira Pinto1Evanice Avelino de Souza2Veralice Meireles Sales de Bruin3Pedro Felipe Carvalhedo de Bruin4Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.Introduction Night Eating Syndrome (NES) is characterized by a delay in the circadian rhythm of food intake and affects 1.5% of the general population, occurring more frequently in obese people. The Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) was originally developed for the American adult population. It is a self-administered instrument widely used in the identification and follow-up of individuals with NES. Although the NEQ has been translated and validated for Brazilian adults, there are no reports of its adaptation for use in Brazilian adolescents. The present study aimed to adapt and evaluate reliability and reproducibility of the NEQ for Brazilian adolescents. Material and Methods Initially, a semantic adaptation of the Portuguese version of the NEQ was performed by 3 professionals with experience with adolescents. The suggested text was analyzed and consolidated item by item by the researchers and then presented to 21 adolescents from an intermediate school in Fortaleza. The questions with low level of understanding (<90%) were modified and the questionnaire was re-applied to 23 adolescents, obtaining satisfactory understanding. Results The version of the NEQ for Brazilian adolescents, compared to the adult version, contains changes in items 3, 5, 6, 7 and 13. The questionnaire was administered to 463 students aged 11 to 17 years (mean ± SD = 13.7 ± 1.2), from 3 schools. The internal consistency, measured by the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, was 0.73. The reproducibility that was measured after one week in 27 adolescents was 0.92 (95% CI 0.82-0.96). Conclusion The new version of the NEQ for Brazilian adolescents presents excellent reproducibility and good internal consistency and is a simple and useful instrument to evaluate nocturnal eating symptoms in this age group.http://sleepscience.org.br/export-pdf/2744/v13n2a03.pdfsurveys and questionnairesnight eating syndromeadolescent |
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Francisco Girleudo Coutinho da Silva Thisciane Ferreira Pinto Evanice Avelino de Souza Veralice Meireles Sales de Bruin Pedro Felipe Carvalhedo de Bruin Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian adolescents Sleep Science surveys and questionnaires night eating syndrome adolescent |
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Francisco Girleudo Coutinho da Silva Thisciane Ferreira Pinto Evanice Avelino de Souza Veralice Meireles Sales de Bruin Pedro Felipe Carvalhedo de Bruin |
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Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian
adolescents |
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Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian
adolescents |
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Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian
adolescents |
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Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian
adolescents |
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Adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for Brazilian
adolescents |
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adaptation of the night eating questionnaire for brazilian
adolescents |
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Brazilian Association of Sleep and Latin American Federation of Sleep Societies |
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Sleep Science |
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1984-0659 1984-0063 |
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Introduction Night Eating Syndrome (NES) is characterized by a delay in the circadian rhythm
of food intake and affects 1.5% of the general population, occurring more frequently in obese
people. The Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) was originally developed for the American adult
population. It is a self-administered instrument widely used in the identification and follow-up
of individuals with NES. Although the NEQ has been translated and validated for Brazilian
adults, there are no reports of its adaptation for use in Brazilian adolescents. The present study
aimed to adapt and evaluate reliability and reproducibility of the NEQ for Brazilian adolescents.
Material and Methods Initially, a semantic adaptation of the Portuguese version of the NEQ
was performed by 3 professionals with experience with adolescents. The suggested text was
analyzed and consolidated item by item by the researchers and then presented to 21 adolescents
from an intermediate school in Fortaleza. The questions with low level of understanding (<90%)
were modified and the questionnaire was re-applied to 23 adolescents, obtaining satisfactory
understanding. Results The version of the NEQ for Brazilian adolescents, compared to the adult
version, contains changes in items 3, 5, 6, 7 and 13. The questionnaire was administered to 463
students aged 11 to 17 years (mean ± SD = 13.7 ± 1.2), from 3 schools. The internal consistency,
measured by the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, was 0.73. The reproducibility that was measured
after one week in 27 adolescents was 0.92 (95% CI 0.82-0.96). Conclusion The new version of the
NEQ for Brazilian adolescents presents excellent reproducibility and good internal consistency and
is a simple and useful instrument to evaluate nocturnal eating symptoms in this age group. |
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surveys and questionnaires night eating syndrome adolescent |
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