Dietary Exposure	Reporting Method	Timeframe info	Collection Method	Available in Food Questionnaire Creator	Action
Food Groups	Retrospective; Usual	Day/Week/Month	Food Frequency Questionnaire	No	Detailed Information	Web Link

Summary

This tool is a qualitative, paper based, food frequency questionnaire, which was developed to collect some limited baseline dietary information in a representative sample of the entire Scottish population. The tool was validated in 2003.

Contact Information info

ScottishHealthSurvey@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Tool Website

https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=3807&type=Data%20catalogue#documentation

Special Considerations

The tool was developed for the 1995 Scottish Health Survey. The latest Scottish Health Survey was published in 2015 which used a slightly different questionnaire, however no validation papers of the updated questionnaire was found.

Last Updated info

31/08/2017

Software Required

Not reported

Training Required

Yes

Instructions on use

Instructions on how to use the dietary assessment tool can be found in the user guide which is available on the Scottish Health Survey website.

Administration Method

Self-administered

Data Analysis

Not reported

Author	Year	Comparator	Lifestage	Sex	Number of Nutrients Validated	Mean Difference	Variance Measured info	Correlation Coefficients	Percentage Agreement	Limits of Agreement	Special Considerations	Action
Lean	2003	Food Frequency Questionnaire	Adults	Both	0		✓				Subjects completed both questionnaires in 1997.	Detailed Information	Web Link