Development and validation of a nutrition knowledge questionnaire for a Canadian population
| Autor: | Catherine Bégin, Simone Lemieux, Julie Robitaille, Sophie Desroches, Louise Corneau, Marie-Claude Vohl, Elise Carbonneau, Véronique Provencher, Maude Bradette-Laplante |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adult
Male 0301 basic medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Medicine (miscellaneous) Sample (statistics) Body Mass Index Nutrition Policy Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Cronbach's alpha Surveys and Questionnaires Canada's Food Guide Content validity medicine Humans Nutritionists Reliability (statistics) Aged Face validity 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics Quebec Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Construct validity Middle Aged Research Papers Exploratory factor analysis Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Nutr |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 1368-9800 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1368980016003372 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThe present study aimed to develop and validate a nutrition knowledge questionnaire in a sample of French Canadians from the province of Quebec, taking into account dietary guidelines.DesignA thirty-eight-item questionnaire was developed by the research team and evaluated for content validity by an expert panel, and then administered to respondents. Face validity and construct validity were measured in a pre-test. Exploratory factor analysis and covariance structure analysis were performed to verify the structure of the questionnaire and identify problematic items. Internal consistency and test–retest reliability were evaluated through a validation study.SettingOnline survey.SubjectsSix nutrition and psychology experts, fifteen registered dietitians (RD) and 180 lay people participated.ResultsContent validity evaluation resulted in the removal of two items and reformulation of one item. Following face validity, one item was reformulated. Construct validity was found to be adequate, with higher scores for RDv. non-RD (21·5 (sd2·1)v. 15·7 (sd3·0) out of 24,Pα=0·73). Assessment of test–retest reliability resulted in significant associations for the total knowledge score (r=0·59,PConclusionsThis nutrition knowledge questionnaire was found to be a suitable instrument which can be used to measure levels of nutrition knowledge in a Canadian population. It could also serve as a model for the development of similar instruments in other populations. |
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