Reliability and validity of Turkish version of the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ)

Autor: Mehmet Akif Karan, Birkan Ilhan, Cihan Kilic, Gulistan Bahat, S. Durmazoglu, Meryem Merve Oren
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The journal of nutrition, healthaging. 22(9)
ISSN: 1760-4788
Popis: We aimed to investigate reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) in geriatric outpatients. A cross-sectional study was designed through 2013–2016 years. At first, translation and back translation processes of the SNAQ from English to Turkish languages were done consecutively. Then construct validity was performed. Participants: They were recruited among the outpatients aged >=60 years that were consecutively admitted to the geriatric outpatient clinic of the Istanbul University hospital. Demographic data was recorded. SNAQ, Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), six-item Katz activities of daily living (ADL) and eight-item Lawton instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scales were applied. 442 participants consisted of 305 women and 137 men with a mean age of 77.1 ± 6.8 years. The SNAQ identified 21.5% (n=95) of the participants with poor appetite. Reliability analysis showed good inter-rater reliability (r=0.693, p
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