Tool Information: Calcium Intake Questionnaire
Action | ||||||
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Micronutrient | Usual; Retrospective | 1 Year (though guidance to calculating intakes per day are also provided) | Food Frequency Questionnaire | No | Detailed Information | Web Link |
Summary
This tool is a comprehensive, quantitative, paper based food frequency questionnaire, which includes 10 questions and 9 food items. Using photographs, it is intended to measure the average calcium intake for the previous year in the elderly. This tool has been validated once in 1988.
Contact Information
michael.nelson@phnresearch.org.uk
Tool Website
Special Considerations
The questionnaire is shown at the end of the publication. Due to reformulation of foods and changes in diets since 1988, updates to the food questions, food composition table and database mapping is required.
Last Updated
01/09/2017
Software Required
Not reported
Training Required
Interviewers need to be trained.
Instructions on use
Instructions on how to use the dietary assessment tool can be found in the publications
Administration Method
Interviewer-administered
Data Analysis
Instructions on how the dietary data was analysed can be found in the publications.
Author | Year | Comparator | Lifestage | Sex | Number of Nutrients Validated | Mean Difference | Variance Measured | Correlation Coefficients | Percentage Agreement | Limits of Agreement | Special Considerations | Action | |
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Nelson | 1988 | Duplicate Diet | Elderly | Female Only | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Healthy elderly residents. | Detailed Information | Web Link |
Nelson | 1988 | Weighed Food Diary | Elderly | Female Only | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Healthy elderly residents. | Detailed Information | Web Link |
- T133 - Nelson Hague et al Calcium questionnaire FileType: pdf, Download Number of downloads: 0
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