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Aleksic V, Milic M, Dotlic J, Jeremic B, Djerkovic B, Radic I, Odalovic A, Kulic L, Galjak M, Gazibara T. The Night Eating Questionnaire through the lens of the Rasch model. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31929. [PMID: 38868051 PMCID: PMC11167358 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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Previous research focused on the conventional approaches to test psychometric characteristics of the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ). The purpose of this research was to examine the psychometric properties of the Night Eating Questionnaire using the Rasch model in a sample of university students. The study was carried out from November 2018 to March 2019 on 300 students in health sciences at the University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, who completed the NEQ. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) suggested that the Serbian version mirrored the original NEQ structure: Goodness of fit index = 0.978, Comparative fit index = 0.996, Tucker-Lewis index = 0.995, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.011 and Standardized Root Mean Square Residual = 0.057. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the total scale was 0.627. The Rasch analysis showed that the item separation index classified the items into six groups based on their level of difficulty. The person reliability index separated well night eaters from day eaters. Few items did not fit the adequate range for the infit/outfit statistics. Overall, there were several groups of NEQ items that have a distinctive difficulty level, but the difference was not a remarkable one. This means that most students did not have night eating syndrome (NES), despite various levels of item difficulty. The NEQ performs well in the efforts to distinguish people who eat and do not eat at night. Most students reported conventional eating patterns and only a few had NES. The properties of the NEQ warrant its use in further night eating research.
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- Vojkan Aleksic
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina Temporarily Seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Anri Dinana bb, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
- Institute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut”, Dr Subotica 5, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
- Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Dr Koste Todorovica 26, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Secondary Nursing School Cuprija, Rade Koncara 5, 35 230, Cuprija, Serbia
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina Temporarily Seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Anri Dinana bb, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina Temporarily Seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Anri Dinana bb, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina Temporarily Seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Anri Dinana bb, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina Temporarily Seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Anri Dinana bb, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina Temporarily Seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Anri Dinana bb, 38220, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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Luo Z, Ruan T, Xu M, Ding Y, Zhu L. Development and validation of the self-volume management behaviour questionnaire for patients with chronic heart failure. ESC Heart Fail 2024; 11:1076-1085. [PMID: 38246875 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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AIMS We aim to develop and validate a questionnaire on the behaviour of self-volume management of patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS Based on the specific situation theory of heart failure self-care, the items of this questionnaire were formed through literature review and expert consultation. Content validity is judged by expert consultation. Item analysis was used for further filter entries. Cronbach's alpha and retest were used for reliability. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to test the structural validity. The questionnaire finally contained 3 subscales and 22 items. The Cronbach's α was between 0.732 and 0.797. The reliability of the retest was between 0.983 and 0.998. In expert consultation, the I-CVI of each item was 0.92-1, and the S-CVI of each subscale was 0.99, 1.00, and 0.99. In exploratory factor analysis, each subscale has two factors. In confirmatory factor analysis, the model fits of the three subscales were good: χ2/df < 3, RMSEA < 0.08, CFI > 0.9, TLI > 0.9, and SRMR < 0.05. CONCLUSIONS The study has shown that the questionnaire on the behaviour of self-volume management of patients with chronic heart failure has good reliability and validity. It can be used as an evaluation tool for evaluating the self-volume management behaviour of patients with chronic heart failure.
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- Zhenlan Luo
- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Groufh-Jacobsen S, Larsson C, Van Daele W, Margerison C, Mulkerrins I, Aasland LM, Medin AC. Food literacy and diet quality in young vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians, pescatarians, flexitarians and omnivores. Public Health Nutr 2023; 26:3051-3061. [PMID: 37781775 PMCID: PMC10755439 DOI: 10.1017/s1368980023002124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether food literacy competencies and diet quality vary between 16-to-24-year-olds vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians, pescatarians, flexitarians and omnivores and to assess whether food literacy is associated with diet quality. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. Food literacy (general nutrition knowledge, critical nutrition literacy and food skills) and diet quality were measured using an electronic questionnaire. SETTING Southern Norway, September 2021 - March 2022. PARTICIPANTS Healthy 16-24-year-olds (n 165). RESULTS Overall, the mean general nutrition knowledge score was moderate (48·0 out of 67·0); the lowest mean score was found in omnivores and the highest in flexitarians (45·6 v. 51·5) (P = 0·034). The mean score of critical nutrition literacy was also moderate (3·7 out of 5·0); vegans showed higher scores compared to other dietary practices (P = 0·018). No difference was observed in food skills between the different dietary practices. The overall median diet quality score was 46·0 out of 80·0, lowest in omnivores and highest in vegans (42·0 v. 56·0) (P =< 0·001). In multivariate regression analyses, general nutrition knowledge, food skills and vegan dietary practice were significantly associated with higher diet quality. CONCLUSIONS We found moderate levels of food literacy across all dietary practices. The food literacy competencies, general nutrition knowledge and food skills were associated with higher diet quality in our sample. Omnivores showed both the lowest general nutrition knowledge level and lowest diet quality scores. In contrast, both flexitarians and vegans scored highest on general nutrition knowledge and diet quality scores, despite being one of the less restrictive and one of the strictest plant-based dietary practices, respectively.
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- Synne Groufh-Jacobsen
- Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Sport Science, University of Agder, Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand, Agder4630, Norway
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science, Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
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- Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Sport Science, University of Agder, Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand, Agder4630, Norway
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- Deakin University, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science, Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
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- Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Sport Science, University of Agder, Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand, Agder4630, Norway
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- Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Sport Science, University of Agder, Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand, Agder4630, Norway
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Thomas OW, McManus CR, Badaracco C, MacLaren J, Mason A, McWhorter JW. Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Taking the Lead in Teaching Kitchens. J Acad Nutr Diet 2023; 123:1393-1405. [PMID: 37453534 DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2023.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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- Olivia W Thomas
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellness Centre, South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary Alberta, Canada
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Groufh-Jacobsen S, Medin AC. Food literacy competencies in youth - a mini-review. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1185410. [PMID: 37546302 PMCID: PMC10399226 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1185410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Young people's transition into adulthood is an opportunity in the life course to establish adequate eating behaviors, hence exploring food literacy competencies in this period of life is especially important. Food literacy has recently gained increased attention in adults, adolescents, and younger children, but less is published about youth. This paper aims to summarize what tools have been used to measure food literacy and the sub-competence nutrition literacy in youth aged 16-24 years in the previous 5 years. Methods A mini-literature review was conducted in MEDLINE and EMBASE via Ovid, in September 2022. Study eligible criteria; had to be an original article, using a tool to quantitatively assess food literacy and/or nutrition literacy, including participants between 16-24 years, full text available in English, published between 2017-2022. Results A total of 958 articles were identified, of which 385 duplicates were removed. Thus, 573 articles were screened by title/abstract. Finally, nine articles were eligible for data extraction of which four proposed a tool to measure food literacy and five proposed a tool to measure nutrition literacy. Discussion and conclusion Although four studies claimed to measure food literacy, none of these used tools comprehensive enough to measure all aspects of food literacy, and only one was validated in young people. This study shows that only few tools exist for the measurement of food literacy in youth, and those available are scant. Further work is needed to develop a food literacy tool for youth.
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Lu Y. Impacts of parental breakfast consumption literacy on children's home breakfast consumption. Nutr Health 2023:2601060231159943. [PMID: 36823982 DOI: 10.1177/02601060231159943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Aim: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parental breakfast consumption literacy and their children's home breakfast consumption. Methods: This study, employing a cross-sectional design, conducted in September 2021, consisted of a total of 275 children aged 6-7 years and 275 parents. One-way analysis of variance and independent-sample t-test were applied to compare children's home breakfast consumption amongst sub-groups. The relationship between parental breakfast consumption literacy and children's home breakfast consumption was assessed utilising multiple linear regression models controlling for socio-demographic factors. All data were analysed by the software of R Commander. Results: Parents with inadequate breakfast consumption literacy had less children's home breakfast consumption (p = 0.006), such relationship (p = 0.002, 95% CI: 4.76-7.65) had significance controlling for socio-demographic factors. Living in urban areas (p = 0.006, 95% CI: 6.43-9.92), parental unemployment (p = 0.004, 95% CI: 5.47-9.43), and low parental educational level (p = 0.005, 95% CI: 2.34-4.76) were significantly associated with less children's home breakfast consumption. Conclusion: Adequate parental breakfast consumption literacy was associated with more children's home breakfast consumption. Parental-based health education interventions show promise in promoting home breakfast consumption in the family setting. Residential status, parental level of education, and parental employment were associated with children's home breakfast consumption. Future research should understand more about the experiences and contexts of children's home breakfast consumption within the family environments, with a focus on employing qualitative approaches.
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- Yanming Lu
- 1974The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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